Pathfinder (RAF)
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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 force could aim, increasing the accuracy of
Imperial War Museum exhibit showcasing objects belonging to RAF pilot Billy Strachan, who served the pathfinders of the 156 Squadron
Don Bennett
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Air Vice Marshal Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett, was an Australian aviation pioneer and bomber pilot who rose to be the youngest air vice marshal in the Royal Air Force. He led the "Pathfinder Force"
Pathfinder (RAF)
…bombers), 4 Group No. 35 Squadron RAF (Halifax) and 5 Group No. 83 Squadron RAF (Lancaster). The PFF was commanded by Australian officer Air Vice-Marshal Don Bennett, who was to be the youngest officer promoted to RAF Air Vice Marshal, at the age of 33, in 1943. Bennett was not the Air Ministry's first choice: Harris…
Air Vice Marshal Don Bennett c. 1943–44