Recording of an account of Bomber Command and Pathfinder Force operations, circa 1970

Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie gives an account of Bomber Command operations through the Second World War, with particular reference to the significance of Pathfinder Force operations to the bomber offensive.

Group Captain Mahaddie gives recommended reading; comments on the early phases of Bomber Command's offensive; the influence of Arthur Harris; 1000 bomber raids; Gee, Oboe and H2S; Pathfinder Force Marking techniques, including the low-level method developed by Leonard Cheshire; Guy Gibson’s influence on the development of low level attacks; Dresden raids; the B-17 compared to the de Havilland Mosquito; D-Day; Manna; Exodus and the overall importance of air power.