03249nam 2200481Ia 450 991078647720332120230120040822.01-84674-835-6(CKB)2670000000279200(EBL)3119507(SSID)ssj0000813027(PQKBManifestationID)12407353(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000813027(PQKBWorkID)10768547(PQKB)10601267(MiAaPQ)EBC3119507(MiAaPQ)EBC4871007(EXLCZ)99267000000027920020100421d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe RAF pathfinders[electronic resource] bomber command's elite squadrons /Martyn Chorlton ; foreword by Michael WadsworthNewbury, Berkshire Countryside Books20121 online resource (193 p.)Includes index.1-84674-201-3 ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Leading the way""; ""The Butt and Cherwell reports""; ""The Pathfinder Concept""; ""Group Captain S. O. Bufton (1908�1993)""; ""Early Beginnings and Formation""; ""1 Operations 1942""; ""August � A tentative start""; ""September � Illuminating, marking/route-marking and backing up""; ""October � Italian targets""; ""November � Boozer""; ""December � OBOE trials & Wanganui into service""; ""2 Operations 1943""; ""January � 8 Group is born, new TIs, ground-markers & H2S Operational""""February � Battle of Berlin comes to an end""""March � Tactical Targets increase""; ""April � 8 Group lose, 5 Group gain!""; ""May � D-Day build-Up""; ""June � Overlord and the Flying-bomb""; ""July � �Heavy Oboe� attack method""; ""August � 8 Group�s first Victoria Cross""; ""September � Operation Market Garden""; ""October � The Second Battle of the Ruhr begins""; ""November � LNSF attacks grow in strength""; ""December � 8 Group�s only Oboe VC""; ""4 Operations 1945""; ""January � the Mosquito takes charge""""February � Bomber Command�s last VC of the war""""March � The Allies push into Germany""; ""April/May � �Eagle�s Nest�, Exodus, Manna and Victory!""; ""8 Group�s Swan Song""; ""Appendix I""; ""8 (Pathfinder Force) Group Statistics August 1942 to May 1945""; ""Appendix II""; ""Aircraft types""; ""Appendix III""; ""The Pathfinder crews� eight duties""; ""Appendix IV""; ""8 Group Squadrons August 1942 to August 1945""; ""Appendix V""; ""Early Radar and navigational aids""; ""Appendix VI""; ""Pathfinder jargon buster""; ""Appendix VII""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Index""World War, 1939-1945Aerial operations, BritishWorld War, 1939-1945Aerial operations, British.940.5449Chorlton Martyn1536642MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786477203321The RAF pathfinders3785496UNINA