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The Pathfinders & the World they Knew

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    • Don Bennett, Air Officer Commanding
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    • Donald Bennett, IWM Sound Recordings (1986)
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    • “A CHANCE ENCOUNTER” by Dr Olav Heinemann, Duisburg-Essen University
    • “AN AUSTRALIAN PATHFINDER OVER GERMANY”, by Professor Tim Willasey-Wilsey, King’s College, London
    • GEOFF BAKER, RAAF Pilot with 97 Squadron, by Stan Hurd
    • MARK GLEED, Navigator with 139 Squadron, by Len Gleed
    • The Loss of the Robertson Crew – German Reports
    • THE DANISH SHOULDER FLASH, by Mikkel Plannthin
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    • A War Artist and the Pathfinders
    • Carrier Pigeons in the Bomber War
    • Christmas 1944 in a POW Camp
    • New Year’s Eve, Stalag IVb, 1944-45.
    • Lancaster Gunners “Hotting Up”
    • Leslie Barr and P/O Prune
  • The Night of the Fog, 16/17 December 1943 (Black Thursday)
    • The Night of the Fog, 16/17 December 1943 (Black Thursday)
    • Why the Archive Began
    • Pathfinder Losses on 16/17 December 1943
    • 97 Squadron Aircrew Flying on 16/17 December 1943
      • De Wesselow Crew
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    • 16/17 December 1943: FIDO & Landing Aids
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  • Category: PFF PERSONNEL & BASES

    Pathfinder stations, from BOURN to WYTON, & their ground personnel.

  • Remembering Our Queen, 1926-2022

    Posted by RAF Pathfinders Archive on September 9, 2022September 9, 2022

    The very sad news that Queen Elizabeth has died brings to mind the several photographs of her, linked to the Pathfinders, which we have in the Archive. Although it is slightly out of focus, our …

    ARCHIVE NEWS, Stations
  • Anderson Logbook, 1st PFF Op

    Posted by RAF Pathfinders Archive on August 28, 2022August 28, 2022

    Further to our post yesterday on Bill Anderson’s Logbook and the first PFF sortie, we have since learned that “Jacko” was William Grierson Jackson, RCAF, who was a close friend of Bill Anderson. Jackson, who …

    Air Staff & Leadership, PFF CHARACTER & HISTORY, Training, NTU & MCU
  • 80th Anniversary: Early Months of the Path Finder Force

    Posted by RAF Pathfinders Archive on July 22, 2022July 23, 2022

    A cautious approach was taken towards the creation of the Path Finder Force in summer 1942, reflecting the controversy about whether it was required at all and whether it would manage to live up to …

    ARCHIVE NEWS, History of the PFF, PFF CHARACTER & HISTORY, PFF PERSONNEL & BASES
  • Pathfinder Aircrew

    Posted by RAF Pathfinders Archive on July 9, 2021September 29, 2021

    This book has been 14 years in the making; it contains many personal stories, letters and photographs from the Archive, and has been written by our Chairperson, Jennie Mack Gray. It is on sale in …

    ARCHIVE NEWS, PFF AIRCREW, PFF CHARACTER & HISTORY, PFF PERSONNEL & BASES, PFF REMEMBRANCE, WAR BACKGROUND
  • Pathfinder Stations: Bourn

    Posted by RAF Pathfinders Archive on June 13, 2021July 10, 2022

    Pathfinder stations were very variable in quality, ranging from the prewar stations like Upwood and Wyton, which were well-designed and built for permanency, to the wartime stations like Bourn and Gransden Lodge, which consisted almost …

    Stations
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