Film versions of The Dam Busters have either edited out the black labrador's name or instead given him the moniker Trigger
The air force said it did not want to give prominence to an offensive term which goes against its ethos.The commemorative flight of a Lancaster Bomber, carrying members of the original 617 squadron from Biggin Hill to Lincolnshire to mark the anniversary of the Dam Busters raid that breached the Monne and Eder Dams
Gravestone to Dambuster hero Guy Gibson’s beloved black Labrador dog ‘N*****’ who was killed on day of the famous WWII raid Conservative former minister Sir Edward Leigh, whose constituency includes Scampton, wrote to the RAF station commander saying: ‘Undoubtedly we are both more sensitive and more sensible today when it comes to the delicateness of racialist and derogatory terminology which had been used with unfortunate informality in the past.‘It is perfectly understandable that this is a tricky matter to which there are no simple or easy solutions.
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