Particularly momentous ops or flights
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the raid on the development site for Hitler’s rocket programme. The raid on Peenemunde on the night of 17/18 August 1943 was remarkable for many reasons, not least the incredible skill and bravery shown by the men of the Path Finder Force led, for the […]
Coming up to the anniversary of the famous raid on Hitler’s V1 weapon site, we started thinking about what we have in the Archive which is related to this night. It was not difficult to come up with three items, all in Special Collections. The three aircrew concerned were Arthur […]
The three Victoria Crosses awarded to Pathfinders were all gazetted in 1945, some time after the deaths of the recipients. The three men who performed extraordinary feats of heroism and self-sacrifice were Ian Willoughby Bazalgette, Robert Anthony Maurice Palmer, and Edwin Swales. Read the Full Article: The Three Pathfinder Victoria […]