Flying Officer Harold Hobday, navigator I don't think any of us expected to get through, really, because so many of our friends had been shot down or gone missing or simply had accidents. The percentage was very high. I'm surprised I got through. All the same, I don't think people took special precautions - making wills - I certainly didn't. Wing Commander Guy Gibson Hoppy Hopgood, my second-in-command, said to me: 'Hey Gibbo, if you don't come back, can I have your egg tomorrow?' I realised that the first aircraft to attack the dam would probably catch the gunners with...