The gravestone of the dog who appeared in the second world war film The Dam Busters – whose name is a racial slur – has been altered by the RAF.
The headstone, at Scampton, was altered recently, while film versions of the The Dam Busters have either edited out the name or renamed him Trigger.
The 617 Squadron, which was originally based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, undertook a low-level night attack on German dams in 1943, probably the most famous raid in the history of the force.
“It is perfectly understandable that this is a tricky matter to which there are no simple or easy solutions.