One bomb left and the dam still standing, “Use the force Guy”.

I very much look forward to seeing this film but the dog thing could easily become the story as far as the grunting and pointing classes are concerned. Be easy to write the dog out completely, it’s not as if it’s a central character. And the codeword, it would be better to write that out of the screenplay too. I would hate to see the appearance of a squadron of Lancs on the big screen overshadowed in media coverage because of a bunch of pedantic throwbacks loudly announcing to all within earshot “Bloody PC, the dog’s real name was N…)
No reason to have the dog in the film, no need to have the codeword mentioned, just sidestep the whole thing and tell a human story.

What an interesting thread.

I think the further away from the real events, the more inaccuracy crept in. 633 sqn got it bang on of course, awful model in “Battle of the river plate” BUT IT WAS A PRESENTABLE SEAFOX, Lincolns in “The dambusters” but who notices? They had to get it right because so many of the audience were there. Then we got to later times and Buchons for Me 109s and pointy tails chasing griffons down the field in BoB scrambles. I think the best model sequence I saw was the crash scene in “Memphis bell”, that may have been the pinnacle of accuracy in real aircraft and model mix. Now, anything you want. You want Jesus astride a Saturn V? No problem. I think part of the problem is that the artists depict the aircraft as models. We have all seen models with forced shading, panel lines and weathering that gives a brilliant scale effect but if applied to the full scale aircraft would look ridiculous. So the cgi aircraft look like models!

The F4 still looks dangerous doesn’t she.

And Vulcan cannon.