Most would have gone unnoticed except by those present, and we are not aware of any other medals… Numerically speaking, 97 Squadron was the Pathfinder squadron most seriously affected by the disaster of Black Thursday. This… The Pathfinders flew two operations on 25 April 1945, the last major bombing operations which it undertook. Sadly, my dad will never read it.Although the crew of my father’s aircraft all survived (and there are more than 80 people alive today who otherwise wouldn’t have been), they were all damaged in some way by their experiences. He was articulate, his memory was excellent and, at 95, he was only two years younger than my dad would have been.We met up a few weeks later in his home town in Lancashire. There are also details… Lost on 30/31 March 1944 on the infamous Nuremburg raid. Thompson senior had a… We have received a delightful picture of an unknown PFF bomber crew.
The RNAS was under… With Remembrance Sunday tomorrow falling exactly on the 100th Anniversary of the end of the First World War, we remember all the pioneering airmen of those days of conflict, and those who followed after them in the Second World War.… Arrangements are firming up for the Black Thursday 75th Anniversary commemorations at the Pathfinder Collection, RAF Wyton.
A reporting system… The uniform of George Walker (usually known in the RAF as Johnny after the whisky) was recently donated to the Pathfinder Collection at RAF Wyton by his son, Mick.
That experience marked the beginning of a remarkable five‑year journey.All these years later, and I am still putting in place the final pieces of a huge and tragic jigsaw.Gradually, I was able to discover incredible details of Dad’s training, his postings and the operations in which he took part. In his book Pathfinder, he tells the story… Donald Barker, a navigator, has been identified in the group photograph of 582 Squadron taken on VE Day. As most people who follow this website will know, operational bomber aircrew sometimes used such pills to keep themselves awake during… We were sent the link to this film by Philip Stevens a couple of days ago. Author of
Donald did not go with Gibson when he formed 617 Squadron, which in May 1943 carried out Operation… For anyone following – on our sister site – the story of the Mosquito crew lost in Italy in April 1945, there is now also a page on Peter Chapman, a soldier, who was killed by the Italian fascists four… We have been contacted by Lorenzo Saggioro, who is looking for information for two Mosquito aircrew buried in Padua in Italy. I was suddenly aware of how little I knew about my dad’s role in this iconic aircraft. All new posts about Mosquito squadrons and crews… A training unit Mosquito was struck by lightning on 31 December 1944. At the bottom of this page is a link to the… Our second IWM item this morning, also sent by IWM volunteer Richard Maddox, concerns Pathfinder aircrew and ground crew, and the provisions made for them once the war in Europe had been won and the RAF was beginning the process… Two items from the IWM this morning, both from Richard Maddox who is a volunteer at the museum.
In addition, we are delighted that Charles Owen’s family… In Norman McIntyre’s photo album there is a photograph of him with three of Australian friends in the RAAF. It relates to Robert Crowe, a… In December we posted information about Bennett’s Mae West, preserved after he was shot down in Norway and now owned by the Australian War Memorial (AWM) at Canberra. I was beginning to understand why, in common with thousands of others, my dad had been reluctant to talk about anything more than technicalities and amusing anecdotes.Mallon lost both his brothers in the war, while the bomb aimer’s younger brother was killed. The Coningsby page is… Another copy of TALES FROM THE ARCHIVE is now available, which has details of the Reid crew, the loss of Wing Commander Edward Leach Porter on the Stettin Bay Mining Operation, and the Missing Research and Enquiry Service. We will shortly be publishing important additions to the Emerson crew page, the crew all being lost in February 1944 when their… We receive a number of emails from people who are starting research about a relative who was in the RAF, possibly in the Pathfinders, but who have no information about dates or squadrons. The Elsan The Avro Lancaster was initially equipped with four Late on in the war, as a result of statistical analysis, The ventral (underside) FN-64 turret quickly proved to be dead weight, being both difficult to sight because it relied on a periscope which limited the gunner's view to a 20-degree arc,The tail turret was the most important defensive position and carried the heaviest armament. How did he feel? We will be giving further details of John’s career in the RAF later this week.… We have recently been sent a number of very interesting photographs of the Montgomery crew (97 Squadron) which we will display on the website shortly.
He was identified this year as being one of a… One for the wireless operators, particularly David Dushman and Joe Mack. The war graves in this photograph on our sister site are for two members of the squadron who were killed that month in Norway. Despite this, the turrets used, starting with the FN-20, were never entirely satisfactory and numerous designs were tried. Aircraft names often follow a pattern. bombed Kiel and nearby airfields. Leslie Laver’s grave is on the far-left of the plot. I have read, however, that in suggesting the name "Battle", C.R. In 1946, four Lancasters were converted by Avro at From 1943 to 1947, the Canadian Government Trans-Atlantic Air Service (CGTAS) provided a trans-Atlantic military passenger and postal delivery service using a modified long-distance transport version of the Lancaster Mark X. (pre book only).
For those… Dear All Many of you will know that this December sees the 75th anniversary of Black Thursday, 16/17 December 1943, in which the Pathfinders lost 50 men killed and several seriously injured due to fog in England after the return… We have been sent some sensational photographs of a Mosquito that made it safely to the ground in what can only be described as a tattered condition.
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