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    • “A CHANCE ENCOUNTER” by Dr Olav Heinemann, Duisburg-Essen University
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    • 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
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    • Christmas 1944 in a POW Camp
    • New Year’s Eve, Stalag IVb, 1944-45.
    • Lancaster Gunners “Hotting Up”
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    • 16/17 December 1943: FIDO & Landing Aids
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  • Category: ARCHIVE NEWS

    News and items about the RAF Pathfinders Archive

  • 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
  • 80th Anniversary: One Last Gem

    Posted by RAF Pathfinders Archive on August 27, 2022August 27, 2022

    William Anderson was one of the handful of Staff Officers at PFF HQ who was in at the very beginning. Anderson was an outstanding navigator, and there is much more come about him; however, in …

    Air Staff & Leadership, ARCHIVE NEWS, PFF CHARACTER & HISTORY
  • 80th Anniversary of the PFF: Today

    Posted by RAF Pathfinders Archive on August 15, 2022August 16, 2022

    To all our friends, supporters, and generous donors over the years – We celebrate the formation of the Path Finder Force on 15 August 1942 and remember with great gratitude what they did for us. …

    ARCHIVE NEWS, PFF CHARACTER & HISTORY
  • 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
  • 80th Anniversary: Harris’s Attitude to the PFF

    Posted by RAF Pathfinders Archive on July 16, 2022

    Sir Arthur Harris, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Bomber Command, had been strongly opposed to the setting up of a separate elite target-marking force, believing this would leave to rivalry and jealousy within the non-Pathfinder squadrons …

    ARCHIVE NEWS, Harris, Head of Bomber Command, History of the PFF
  • 80th Anniversary: Bennett chosen to lead the PFF

    Posted by RAF Pathfinders Archive on July 13, 2022July 13, 2022

    Donald Bennett was Harris’s personal choice for the command of the Path Finder Force; he took up his post on 15 July 1942, one month before the PFF officially came into existence. Bennett , right, …

    ARCHIVE NEWS, Donald Bennett, AOC, History of the PFF
  • 80th Anniversary of the Pathfinders

    Posted by RAF Pathfinders Archive on July 7, 2022July 7, 2022

    The 80th Anniversary of the formation of the Path Finder Force is fast approaching, and to celebrate we are running a series of features about the Force, its leadership and its history. The PFF was …

    ARCHIVE NEWS
  • The Queen & RAF Remembrance

    Posted by RAF Pathfinders Archive on June 5, 2022July 12, 2022

    The Queen’s long association with the Royal Air Force began during the Second World War. Our second post celebrating her 70th Jubilee concerns Runnymede in 1953. The Runnymede Memorial commemorates all members of the Air …

    ARCHIVE NEWS, RAF Losses & Memorials
  • Princess Elizabeth and the Navigator

    Posted by RAF Pathfinders Archive on June 3, 2022June 3, 2022

    As one of our two contributions to the Jubilee celebrations, here is a picture of the Queen when she was still Princess Elizabeth. The RAF navigator who is fourth from her left is Flying Officer …

    97 Squadron, ARCHIVE NEWS
  • Crisis in Ukraine

    Posted by RAF Pathfinders Archive on March 5, 2022August 16, 2022

    The recent terrible events in the Ukraine have raised deeply disturbing echoes of the Second World War. Our Archive works to commemorate the RAF Pathfinders who died or were injured, physically or psychologically, in that …

    ARCHIVE NEWS
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