Lancaster bomber F-Freddy (with 97 Squadron code "OF" just visible) landing at Bourn in late summer 1943, pilot S/L Mackenzie.
For one year, from April 1943, 97 Squadron of the Pathfinders, Bomber Command, was stationed at Bourn in Cambridgeshire.
This website follows 97 Squadron's aircrew & ground crews during the Bourn year and afterwards, a most dramatic epoch in the Squadron's history.
We now have our own Pathfinders Site: www.pathfinders.co.uk/
This website follows 97 Squadron's aircrew & ground crews during the Bourn year and afterwards, a most dramatic epoch in the Squadron's history.
We now have our own Pathfinders Site: www.pathfinders.co.uk/
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The Pathfinder Year - 97 Squadron at Bourn
PAGE DETAILS: Lancaster bomber F-Freddy, pilot S/L Donald Forbes Mackenzie.
RAF Station Bourn of 8 Group,
The Path Finder Force (PFF), led by Air Commodore Donald Bennett, a central force in the Bomber Command campaigns in WWII.
RAF Station Bourn of 8 Group,
The Path Finder Force (PFF), led by Air Commodore Donald Bennett, a central force in the Bomber Command campaigns in WWII.