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...

Look up pathfinder in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pathfinder, Path Finder or Pathfinders may refer to: Mars Pathfinder, a NASA Mars Lander NASA Pathfinder...

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...

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...

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...

fictitious Royal Air Force 192 Pathfinder squadron. The Pathfinders were specialised RAF squadrons that marked targets for the RAF's heavy bombers.[citation...

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...

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...

duties, both defensive and offensive. Mosquitos were widely used by the RAF Pathfinder Force, which marked targets for night-time strategic bombing. Despite...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Squadron RAF was a Second World War Royal Air Force pathfinder squadron operating the de Havilland Mosquito. The squadron was formed on 7 April 1944 at RAF Downham...

during the war. (226 episodes; remade in 1987) 1972 1973 United Kingdom Pathfinders RAF pathfinding missions 1972 1974 United Kingdom Colditz Colditz Castle...

Squadron flying Lysander aircraft under No. 3 Group RAF, until it transferred to the Pathfinder Force with No. 35 Squadron in August 1942. Originally...

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...

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...

Pathfinder Force (PFF) that marked targets for destruction by following groups of heavy bombers. After the war, Horton was commissioned with the RAF and...

Mosquito aircraft pathfinder bomber squadron that operated during the Second World War. The squadron was formed on 12 November 1943 at RAF Oakington from...

the Mosquito pilot, whom Marks identifies as John Kavanagh, a Canadian Pathfinder pilot who flew solo patrols to assist stranded pilots after target-marking...

medical regiment one Communication and Information Support squadron the Pathfinder Platoon The brigade HQ is based in Colchester Garrison and reports directly...

station was allocated to No.3 Group in August 1942. RAF Warboys became one of the original Pathfinder Force stations. The construction of Warboys began...

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...

Flight RAF No. 1474 (Special Duties) Flight RAF No. 1507 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF No. 1696 (Bomber) Defence Training Flight RAF Pathfinder Navigation...

level, anti-shipping strikes under the cover of darkness. Also flew as pathfinders for high-altitude bombers. Special missions were flown against land targets...

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...