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	156 Squadron RAF
		Another reason for the failure of a raid may lie in the partial failure of the first Pathfinders, the 'Initial Markers', to arrive, since experience has shown that succeeding Pathfinders, in spite of being equipped with H2S and blind marking equipment, have allowed themselves to be influenced, to a certain extent, by the Initial Markers.
		The grouping of the Pathfinders into a Bomber Group of their own made it possible to standardise the equipment and the training, to put new ideas into operation and to immediately evaluate all experiences.
		At first Pathfinder crews had to commit themselves to 60 operational flights, but due to this high number there were insufficient volunteers, and the figure was decreased to 45.
	www.156squadron.com /about_pathfinders2.asp (3466 words)

	World War 2 Timelines 1939-1945 - European Air War 1942 - Worldwar-2.net
		The RAF returns to bomb Essen once more, but again are unable to inflict much damage due to the constant industrial haze over the city and the lack of landmarks, which made the city notoriously difficult to find.
		The RAF lost 13 aircraft and from one of these the Germans were able to obtain their first specimen of the GEE equipment.
		RAF Coastal Command refuses permission for their aircraft to take part in operation 'Millenium', which means that a shortfall of 250 aircraft is expected.
	www.worldwar-2.net /timelines/war-in-europe/european-air-war/european-air-war-index-1942.htm (1380 words)

	Pathfinder Online (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pathfinder has provided help and assistance to many thousands of Service personnel who have welcomed and respected the valuable role it has played in providing ideas, contacts and useful outplacement information.
		Pathfinder broke new ground and offered all Service personnel a user friendly access to both job vacancies and training opportunities, as well as being a critical communication network on many and varied issues.
		Pathfinder’s interview with George (now Lord) Robertson was a classic example of Pathfinder’s attitude to go out there undaunted and come back with the truth.
	www.pathfinder-one.com /Pages/comments1.htm (845 words)

	Royal Air Force
		The RAF were close to defeat but Adolf Hitler then changed his tactics and ordered the Luftwaffe to switch its attack from British airfields, factories and docks to civilian targets.
		Although RAF pilots were able to bring down a large number of German planes, critics claimed that they were not always available during emergencies and prime targets became more vulnerable to bombing attacks.
		As part of Operation Overlord, the task of the RAF and the USAAF was to destroy German communications and supply lines in Europe.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWraf.htm (7464 words)

	About Page
		It was essential to strengthen the RAF bomber force in the Mediterranean and for this a major contribution was made by 40 Squadron, which sent two of its three flights of Wellingtons to Malta in October.
		RAF Molesworth and the 303rd TMW at nearby is the home of the Ground Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM) (Europe's sixth and final GLCM).
		RAF Upwood housed a 2000-bed Fourth Echelon Hospital and was home to 221 military family housing units.
	www.rafalconbury.4t.com /about.html (9661 words)

	History
		RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow is the result of a number of merges: Brampton with Wyton in the mid-1990s, followed by the addition of Henlow on 1 Apr 01.
		RAF Wyton is the largest of the 3 sites that make up the Station, and has a long and distinguished history.
		RAF Henlow has been a ground-training base specialising in electronics since the end of the Second World War and was for many years synonymous with the RAF Signals Engineering Establishment (RAFSEE).
	www.pathfinderflyingclub.co.uk /htm/history.htm (398 words)

	page18
		RAF Wyton dates back to the first world war, where from 1916 on the present site, but from a selection of small wooden buildings, men of the RFC (Royal Flying Corps) emerged to train for their new role.
		The Pathfinder force was established within 3 Group in August 1942 and Lancaster's of 83 Squadron moved in as the Stirlings moved on to Bourn.
		Pathfinders operated from here with remarkable success, and this is remembered in the Pathfinder museum and the superb new stained glass window in the chapel.
	www.century20war.co.uk /page18.html (569 words)

	Special Operations.Com
		The unit was disbanded after the war, and its tasks were eventually assigned to the patrol platoons of the Parachute Regiment.
		The pathfinders primary task is to secure and mark a Drop Zone (DZ) for the main assault force.
		Upon completion of his initial tour, a pathfinder may volunteer to extend his tour for another three years.
	www.specialoperations.com /Foreign/United_Kingdom/Pathfinder.htm (450 words)

	‘LEST WE FORGET’
		This is one of the airfields that became known as ‘Pathfinder Country’ due to its close proximity to Upwood and Wyton.
		The birth of the Pathfinder Force in August 1942 and the formation of 156 Squadron at Alconbury, under the control of Wyton, were to set the scene at Warboys for the duration of the war as a Pathfinder Station.
		Pathfinder reunions have been held annually at RAF Wyton but, due to fewer Pathfinder veterans attending, it has been decided to discontinue this annual event and their last reunion was held in the Summer of 2002.
	www.ramseytown.com /History/AirBases/AirBaseBody.html (4765 words)

	Reunions
		R.A.F. There is a 2nd reunion, for all those who served at/done their basic training etc. at No. 7 School of Recruit training, between 1950/1963.
		I served at RAF Rattlesden 1960 - 1962 on Bloodhound air to surface missiles.
		Hilly joined the RAF in 1936 and was the first Allied pilot to fly a captured German fighter (he flew a captured Bf109 from France to England), and was credited with 17 or 18 kills.
	www.rafweb.org /Reunions.htm (5368 words)

	1942
		RAF Bomber Command, under its new C-i-C, Air Vice Marshal Harris, attacks the Renault plant in the Paris suburb of Bilancourt, causing serious damage to production facilities and killing many French workers.
		The RAF launches another 1,000-bomber raid on Bremen which causes heavy damage to the Focke-Wulf plant and devastates 27 acres of the inner city (49 aircraft lost).
		RAF raids are cunducted against Munich and the Saar valley.
	www.wargamer.com /ww2timeline/1942western.asp (1144 words)

	Brian Lawless Duigan : Australian Aviation Hero
		The gallantry of the Pathfinder Force is legendary, and its contribution to the war effort immense, perfecting as it did techniques for precision main force bombing.
		The Mosquito was the RAF aircraft of choice for the 'Oboe' equipped 'Pathfinder' groups; and when a 'surgical bombing strike' was called for, it was the this aircraft with up to 4,000 lbs.
		No 105 Squadron was the second RAF bomber squadron to fly the de Havilland Mosquito, and the author uses vivid first-hand accounts from surviving crews to support the detailed narrative of pioneering low-level and shallow dive attacks on enemy targets.
	www.ctie.monash.edu.au /hargrave/duigan_brian_aircraft.html (4174 words)

	SpecWarNet -The 5 Airborne Brigade's Pathfinder Platoon
		After the war the pathfinder unit was disbanded and all members were sent to other units.
		It is held in Okehampton and in the Brecon Beacons.
		Once allowed into the Pathfinders the new recruits will be placed on a one year probation period and given the right to wear the Pathfinder insignia(a fl arrow pointing up on a red and green background).
	www.specwarnet.net /europe/pathfinders.html (1138 words)

	Pathfinder January 1999 - MBA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Rod Arthur was 42 and had spent 16 years in the RAF when he made the break into civilian life.
		His officer training and incessant climb up the ladder in the RAF exposed him to some of the most demanding fast-jet flying anywhere in the world, as well as a host of challenging man management situations.
		He chose the Warwick MBA because, as well as the quality of the courses, the programme had a balance of students with a wide mix of cultural and work backgrounds, which was of great benefit.
	www.pathfinder-one.com /Pages/articles/jan99mba.html (1556 words)

	Spitfire Aircraft, Aviation Art
		He was one of the top scoring R.A.F. pilots at the end of 1940 with 22 and a half air victories.
		In 1942 he was posted to the far east where he took command of 166 wing, remaining in fighters until the end of the war.
		Sqn Ldr Hugh Parry Hugh Parry joined the RAF from Northern Rhodesia in December 1939, and after training in England was posted in February 1941 to join 260 Squadron flying Hurricanes.
	www.aviationartprints.com /spitfire_fighter_aircraft.htm (1136 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Royal Air Force Category
		I was in the RAF as an Air Gunner in a coastal command station at Thornaby.
		I was discharged from the RAF on 21st...
		In 1941 Albert joined the RAF as an electrician and was posted to the Canadian 502 Squadron based at...
	www.bbc.co.uk /ww2peopleswar/categories/c1183/index_37.shtml (621 words)

	RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow - Pathfinder Museum
		In August 1942 Winston Churchill ordered Bomber Command to form an organization, which would be known as the Path Finder Force (PFF).
		Initially consisting of No.7, 35, 83, 109 and 156 Squadrons, the Pathfinders were tasked with leading the main bomber forces accurately designating enemy targets en route.
		The Pathfinder Museum proudly displays one of the largest unpublished collections of Path Finder
	www.raf.mod.uk /rafbramptonwytonhenlow/stationfacilities/pathfinder.cfm (197 words)

	RAF Bomber Command Diary... Jan 1945...... - Aircraft of World War II - Warbird Forums
		This was the last RAF raid on Cologne, which was captured by American troops 4 days later.
		This was the last RAF raid on Essen, which had been attacked so many times, though often in the early years of the war with such disappointing and costly results.
		This was the last RAF raid of the war on Berlin; the Russians were about to enter the city.
	www.ww2aircraft.net /forum/aviation/raf-bomber-command-diary-jan-1945-a-635.html (15526 words)

	Pathfinder - by DON BENNETT
		Air Vice-Marshal Don Bennett was one of the most outstanding figures of the 2nd World War and the creator and leader of the legendary Pathfinder Force of 8 Group.
		From the date of its inception almost every RAF Main Force attack was led by the Pathfinders.
		By the end of the war he was commanding a total of 19 squadrons of the Pathfinder Force.
	www.motorbooks.com /ProductDetails_17940.ncm (298 words)

	Aviation Art
		Pathfinder crews used a combination of personal skill and technical equipment to locate their targets.
		He remained with the Pathfinders until 1944 when he was posted to Stoney Cross to convert back to Wellington 1C's as a way of becoming reacquainted with two engined aircraft.
		Searby quickly developed a superb reputation as a Pathfinder and was involved in countless precision raids including his role as Master Bomber on the Peenemunde raid, coordinating the attack by over six hundred heavy bombers.
	www.airforce-art.com /halifax_bomber.htm (2535 words)

	38 and 46 Groups, RAF
		Flew 44 Albermarle sorties - 11 pathfinder and advanced parties, 11 parachute, and 2 Horsas on the First Lift, 20 Horsas on the Second Lift.
		Flew 39 Albermarle sorties - 3 pathfinder, 8 parachute, and 8 Horsas on the First Lift, 20 Horsas on the Second Lift.
		Flew 42 Albermarle sorties - 10 pathfinder and advanced parties, 12 Horsas on the First Lift, 20 Horsas on the Second Lift.
	www.pegasusarchive.org /normandy/order_RAF.htm (327 words)

	The Poor Mouth: We were pathfinders once and young
		The title of this blog comes from a Gaelic expression -"putting on the poor mouth"-which means to exaggerate the direness of one's situation in order to gain time or favour from creditors.
		This is a group photo of some of the last survivors of the RAF Pathfinder Force.
		RAF Wyton is now a support base but the personnel are so proud of the connection to the Pathfinders.
	thepoormouth.blogspot.com /2007/09/we-were-pathfinders-once-and-young.html (633 words)

	pathfinder
		For the first time the target was to be marked by Pathfinders, for these were then just four squadrons to operate with the newly formed force.
		Oakington was to see many years of distinguished service with the RAF in the post-war years; first, with Transport Command and then the Flying Training Command, before being handed over to the army in March 1975.
		Wyton also pioneered the entry of the RAF into the electronic age, with the first 'Oboe' Mosquito operation of the war being flown on 20/21 December 1942.
	home.freeuk.com /stigsccf/pathfinder.html (1742 words)

	Horst Ibelgaufts'COPE: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia
		The activation of raf kinase, for example by the protein kinase activity of the intracellular domain of the EGF receptor eventually activates the transcription of genes, among them also cytokine genes with promoters that contain the binding site for transcription factor AP-1/PEA3 (see: jun).
		An activated raf gene has been identified in the stomach cancer of a Japanese patient and there is some evidence for a relationship of raf1 to renal cell carcinoma.
		Cell 53: 857-867 (1988); Kolch W et al Raf revertant cells resist transformation by non-nuclear oncogenes and are deficient in the induction of early response genes by TPA and serum.
	www.copewithcytokines.de /cope.cgi?key=raf (914 words)

	The Pathfinders
		As part of the effort to improve bombing accuracy, a specialised target-finding force was formed in 1942, made up of generally more experienced crews.
		The idea was that the Pathfinders would fly ahead of the main bomber stream and use the most modern technology available to locate and mark the target with coloured flares in order to help less experienced and less well-equipped crews to bomb as accurately as possible.
		In the darkness an RAF bomber on a 500 or 600 aircraft raid might see no other bombers until it was too late - collisions were an ever-present danger as the RAF developed its technique of swamping enemy defences with hundreds of aircraft, guided to the target by the Pathfinders.
	www.rafbombercommand.com /tactics_pathfinders.html (285 words)

	Pathfinder Home
		It was a horrible day with regards to the weather, with a cracking thunder storm around 5pm.
		There were 180 walkers set off from RAF Wyton, and 129 made it back.
		We (the committee) would like to say a good effort on everyones part, and congratulations to those that made it back.
	www.pathfindermarch.co.uk (60 words)

	'LIFT OFF' - TALES FROM THE CRO's NEST AT RAF MARHAM - December 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The current commitment to the Gulf is rotated between Squadrons based at both RAF Marham and RAF Lossiemouth on a regular basis.
		The march is an annual event, where participants walk, run and eventually hobble between the 4 Wartime RAF Pathfinder stations in Cambridgeshire, namely Wyton, Gravely, Oakington and Warboys; a total of 46 miles.
		The ''TAS Bimblers'', a team of 7 RAF volunteers was formed and on 21 June headed for RAF Wyton, the starting point for the Pathfinder March.
	www.rafmarham.co.uk /relations/stories/lift-off-dec02.htm (1126 words)

	British Military Aviation in 1940 - Part 6
		Twenty-one Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers of the Fleet Air Arm are launched in two waves from the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious to attack the Italian naval base at Taranto in southern Italy.
		Unlike the first such operation, on 2 August, it is not a success because eight of the twelve aircraft run out of fuel before reaching the island and are forced to ditch in the Mediterranean.
		The first German bomber to be shot down by Bristol Beaufighter nightfighter of RAF Fighter Command falls on this night.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /milestones-of-flight/british_military/1940_6.html (1233 words)

	Club Roundup
		Considering the fact that we are one of the smallest RAF units, we have one of the largest RAFMAA memberships.
		Since it closed as an active airfield the RAF numbers at Chivenor are now a mere 100 or so made up entirely of the SAR helicopter flight and supporting personnel.
		I know Martin Paffet well, as we were together on my last posting at Boscombe Down, where he introduced me to the RAF Champs, but he had to dash off for some small reason, (I think his daughter was about to be born or something).
	www.rafmaa.co.uk /clubroundup.htm (1671 words)

	UKSF Air Support
		RAF Special Forces are the cream of the RAF, tasked with flying UKSF forces to and from battle.
		Trained to penetrate deep behind enemy lines, RAF special forces flights operate both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.
		For instance, it is believed that modified RAF Puma HC1s are supporting the SAS in Iraq.
	www.eliteukforces.info /air-support (221 words)

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