"What did Ma Grandma think of black people?"

[SueEllen]

and of course as far as I know there is no evidence that Guy Gibson was in any way racist. I doubt he had any real strong feelings either way he trained many different nationalities without any apparent favouritism.

we judge one of our great heroes based on modern standards and on simplistic issues,

Where did I mention that Guy Gibson was racist?

As Stephen Fry said when doing a remake:

"It's no good saying that it is the Latin word for black or that it didn't have the meaning that it does now - you just can't go back, which is unfortunate.

[vetran]

Where did I mention that Guy Gibson was racist?

As Stephen Fry said when doing a remake:

in a thread accusing people of racism you connected the Dam Busters with a Dog with an unfortunate name.