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Propeller Blade from Handley Page Halifax W1041

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1942, London, Hangar Five, X002-3410

Four Halifaxes were lost during the 27–28 April 1942 attack on the German Battleship Tirpitz on the Norwegian Coast. This Rotol propeller blade is from the No. 10 Squadron Halifax W1041 piloted by Wing Commander Don Bennett. Don survived the crash and escaped to Sweden, later returning to the UK.

Propeller Blade from Handley Page Halifax W1041 | X002-3410, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Air Officer's Peaked Cap, Air Vice Marshal Sir Donald Bennett

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1986/1203/U

Donald Bennett was Air Officer Commanding No. 8 (Pathfinder Force) Group. The squadrons of this specialist Group were tasked with marking aiming points for the main force of Bomber Command.

Peaked cap with blue-grey fabric crown, black mohair band and black, patent leather chin strap and peak, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Victory message to the Pathfinder Force from AVM Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett, 1945.

Archives, In Storage, A1272

VE Day victory message to the Pathfinder force from AVM Donald Bennett, 8 May 1945.

Victory message to the Pathfinder Force from AVM Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett, 1945, Crown ©

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant Arthur Spencer, 22 May 2025

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-7423

Arthur Spencer was a navigator in Lancaster bomber aircraft of 97 Squadron, including raids on Peenemünde and Berlin. In Dakota transport aircraft, he participated in the Berlin Airlift of 1948-1949.

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