British engineer invents bombs that will bounce along the surface of water to destroy Nazi dams during World War Two. I'd seen film of these long ago on the old British documentary series World at War. Turns out it's not that easy to blow up a dam, although that would probably depend on the dam.
The British seem so polite and civilized until the dog, the squadron mascot, shows up. The dog was black so the Brits called it by a deeply offensive racial slur. They couldn't have used that word in a Hollywood movie back then. According to IMDb, the RAF guys would give the dog beer in real life, then it would urinate on their legs. The dog was hit by a car and killed, which happened in the movie. But in reality, the driver swerved to miss him, wrecked the car and injured its occupants. That dog was the REAL hero.
With Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave and Robert Shaw in there somewhere. Available on Movieland.Tv. 
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