The Pathfinders were target-marking squadrons in RAF Bomber Command during World War II. They located and marked targets with flares, at which a main bomber...
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Look up pathfinder in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pathfinder, Path Finder or Pathfinders may refer to: Mars Pathfinder, a NASA Mars Lander NASA Pathfinder...
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In military organizations, a pathfinder is a specialized soldier inserted or dropped into place in order to set up and operate drop zones, pickup zones...
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Bennett, D. C. T. (1988). Pathfinder: A War Autobiography (pbk. ed.). Wilmslow: Goodall. ISBN 978-0-907579-57-1. Falconer, J (2012). RAF Airfields of World War...
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the RAF station. The route is signposted with way marker signs displaying the silhouette of a mosquito aircraft and is open all year as the Pathfinder Long...
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Communication Flight RAF (August 1942 - October 1945) No. 8 (Pathfinder Force) Group RAF (August 1942 - May 1943) No. 13 Aircraft Modification Unit RAF (March - August...
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fictitious Royal Air Force 192 Pathfinder squadron. The Pathfinders were specialised RAF squadrons that marked targets for the RAF's heavy bombers.[citation...
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duties, both defensive and offensive. Mosquitos were widely used by the RAF Pathfinder Force, which marked targets for night-time strategic bombing. Despite...
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successfully used for the first time by the RAF – clouds of aluminium foil strips dropped by Pathfinders as well as the initial bomber stream – in order...
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Hamish Mahaddie (section With the Pathfinders)
tour he was selected to be a member of the newly formed "Pathfinder Force" (No. 8 Group RAF). At the end of his second combat tour he was brought onto...
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Forces Command and RAF Wyton. The camp was closed at the end of 2013 and all assets were transferred to a new JFIG Pathfinder building at RAF Wyton. The site...
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aircraft was used by RAF Bomber Command primarily in the role of Pathfinder Force marker after the formation of No. 8 Group RAF and later by the specialised...
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482nd Operations Group (redirect from Pathfinder (USAAF))
Following the RAF's example, Eighth Air Force determined to form a group with specially selected aircrews that would act as "Pathfinders", using radar-equipped...
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In August 1942, the squadron was transferred to the No 8 Group Pathfinder Force at RAF Wyton, operating as a marker unit for the main force of Bomber...
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Squadron flying Lysander aircraft under No. 3 Group RAF, until it transferred to the Pathfinder Force with No. 35 Squadron in August 1942. Originally...
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Group controlled the Pathfinder squadrons. A number of other groups were part of the command, including, in June 1944, No. 26 Group RAF, three operational...
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Don Bennett (section Pathfinder Force)
youngest air vice marshal in the Royal Air Force. He led the "Pathfinder Force" (No. 8 Group RAF) from 1942 to the end of the Second World War in 1945. He...
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Mosquito aircraft pathfinder bomber squadron that operated during the Second World War. The squadron was formed on 12 November 1943 at RAF Oakington from...
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No. 582 Squadron RAF was a bomber pathfinder squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. The squadron was formed with Avro Lancasters...
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medical regiment one Communication and Information Support squadron the Pathfinder Platoon The brigade HQ is based in Colchester Garrison and reports directly...
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Avro Lancaster (redirect from RAF Lancaster bomber)
were used by only Pathfinder units; by No. 7 Squadron RAF, No. 83 Squadron RAF, No. 405 Squadron RCAF and by No. 635 Squadron RAF. Often used as a "Master...
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support squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Boeing Chinook HC6 from RAF Odiham, Hampshire. No. 7 Squadron was formed at Farnborough Airfield on 1...
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No. 8 Group RAF it became one of the original pathfinder squadrons, converting to Lancasters in January 1943. It continued in the pathfinder role until...
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during the war. (226 episodes; remade in 1987) 1972 1973 United Kingdom Pathfinders RAF pathfinding missions 1972 1974 United Kingdom Colditz Colditz Castle...
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before joining No. 35 Squadron RAF, Pathfinder Force at RAF Graveley. Serving with No. 35 Squadron RAF of the RAF Pathfinder Force Everett was recommended...
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Gransden Lodge Airfield (redirect from RAF Gransden Lodge)
Flight RAF No. 1474 (Special Duties) Flight RAF No. 1507 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF No. 1696 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight RAF Pathfinder Navigation...
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with Pathfinder (RAF). He was one of more than 400 Black Caribbean air crew in the RAF during the War. After the War, he joined No. 35 Squadron RAF, with...
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level, anti-shipping strikes under the cover of darkness. Also flew as pathfinders for high-altitude bombers. Special missions were flown against land targets...
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five squadrons selected to create the Pathfinder Force. The squadron was based at RAF Graveley. When the Pathfinder Force was enlarged 35 Squadron was a...
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the Mosquito pilot, whom Marks identifies as John Kavanagh, a Canadian Pathfinder pilot who flew solo patrols to assist stranded pilots after target-marking...
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