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Tom Scotland's Pathfinder Squadron (614) became the PathFinder Force in Italy, leading RAF bombers into France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Roumania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and N. Italy.
Read more about the history
of France in Tom's
autobiography "Voice from the stars, a Pathfinder's Story"
Tom
Scotland experienced the history of Germany in 1942 as an RAAF pilot on
the way
to Britain when his convoy had to survive attack by submarines. He
arrived
in a Britain on her knees from loss of shipping sunk by German
submarines
and bombing. RAF bombers were flying from England to destroy German
manufacturing,
but many obstacles including German defences frustrated their attacks.
Read more about the history
of Germany in Tom's
autobiography "Voice from the stars, a Pathfinder's Story"
"From small beginnings in the spring of 1944, when the nucleus of the force was sent to Italy after training in Pathfinder technique in England, it steadily increased its efficiency in target finding until navigational errors at the end of the war were reduced to nil, even though targets were sometimes small and difficult to locate.
When the pathfinder force first began its operations from Italy the losses were considerable, owing in part to weather conditions over the mountainous regions and to the strong defences covering the strategic targets selected."
Read more about the history
of Italy in Tom's
autobiography "Voice from the stars, a Pathfinder's Story"
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