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This is more of a question. Guy Gibson had a faithful black Lab "Nigger" that used to wait for him. What happend to the dog? Some items I have read say that the dog was killed by a car earlier, but I think 'only as I remember it' in the film the dog was still on the runway waiting for Guy to return.

No, in the film ( as in life) the dog was run over and killed; I think you're confusing this with the scene in 'The Battle of Britain' where Michael Caine ( as a Squadron leader) is killed and his dog is left behind on the airfield [[Harryurz 16:40, 12 April 2006 (UTC)]]

The dog is buried at Scampton RAF station, further in the lincolnshire Echo (County wide highly respected Lincolnshire newspaper) it was reported on Oct 16th 2006 that Guy Gibson might of been the victim of friendly fire and possibly pilot error SimonD 12:14, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

The dog was run over during the day before the night of the raid. Gibson attached such significance to this that he asked his ground crew chief to bury the dog at midnight, when he would be over the Moehne Dam, and assigned the word "Nigger" as the codeword to be transmitted if the Moehne was breached. These facts, of course mean that these key scenes in the film are often censored when it is shown nowadays, which really spoils one of the most dramatic moments. I think that while obviously it is not acceptable to use the term "Nigger" in any context today it is not really valid to seek to alter a work from a previous era to the extent that its coherence is to an extent compromised. A simple warning at the beginning of the film that the word appears as the name of the leading character's dog should suffice. Guy Gibson gave the arming key from his Upkeep mine to his ground crew chief, and a member of his family produced it on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow a few years ago.--Spitfire1 17:44, 2 April 2007 (UTC)