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The BBCs Sally Nugent referred to Britains Dambusters heroes as infamous. Even if we accept it was a slip of the tongue it was the BBCs snidey weasly apology which really stuck in the craw, writes Paul Baldwin.

The May 1943 raid is one of the most memorable British war victories, but after Sally Nugent described the heroic Dambusters mission as ‘infamous’ the BBC was hit my a barrage of complaints

The BBC recently reported on the Dambusters Raid, which was an attack on German dams carried out during World War Two and is viewed as a heroic mission.

EXCLUSIVE: Furious campaigners are demanding the BBC licence fee be axed after the broadcaster today issued an apology for what it called an inadvertent description of a heroic World War 2 attack on Nazi Germany.

Sally Nugent used term in BBC Breakfast segment about RAF 617 Squadron’s 1943 attack on three key dams in Germany

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Using bouncing bombs, the RAF 617 Squadrons daring Dambusters Raid was credited with seriously damaging the Nazi war machine during World War II.

The Dambusters Raid, known as Operation Chastise, has attracted its fair amount of controversy.

The black Labrador, called N***** (pictured), was owned by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, who led the RAFs 617 Squadron Dambusters raid from RAF Scampton, in Lincolnshire, in May 1943.

Service personnel, veterans, cadets and their families and friends attended a ceremony at Golspie Memorial Garden.