We collect material on the Pathfinders and their world, publish items from the Archive on social media, this website, or in printed publications, and liaise with other bodies who have Pathfinder material, either to arrange displays or to pool information.

We also welcome articles on PFF subjects. (Please note: we do not edit or cross-check the selected articles, and the views expressed by the authors are their own and not necessarily the same as those held by the Archive. Although in some circumstances we may make minor textual comments prior to publication, the responsibility for accuracy and for providing references for the sources resides with the author.)

Commemoration at Den Burg, Texel, December 2020. Photograph by Michelle van Bennekom, sent by Jan Nieuwenhuis.

We are always delighted to receive new information about aircrew, ground personnel, RAF stations, and our other key subjects. If you have something you would like to share, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. The following is not an exhaustive list but will give a general idea of what we are looking for

Photographs, documents and information relating to:

• Pathfinder aircrew
• Ground personnel serving on Pathfinder stations
• The experiences of the families and friends of Pathfinder aircrew and ground personnel
• Aircraft losses, accidents, ditchings, baling-out
• Aircrew mascots, superstitions, religion, aircrew morale and LMF
• Bomber Command as the force in which the Pathfinders operated
• The RAF – Public Relations, Medical Services, Intelligence, etc
• The training units, including those overseas in Canada, the USA and South Africa
• Prisoners of War
• Evaders
• General wartime context which sets the background to the Pathfinders’ war, such as:
  • The Home Front
  • The Dominions
  • The Allied Nations
  • Germany