PeterMar 19, 2025

Whenever MAGAmerican exceptionalism shouts that they, and only they, won the second world war, remember this bloke.

An Australian who led the newly created Pathfinder force of the RAF. Determined, smart, and dedicated to both winning the war and protecting his crews.

Without the Pathfinders, the following bomber crews would have been much less effective.

He also wanted to form an international policing force (not the UN) to ensure wars couldn't happen again.

#War #WW2 #BomberCommand #Pathfinders #Australia

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10676768

Air Vice Marshal Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett

Destination's JourneyJan 27, 2025
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Armstrong Whitworth Whitley - Destination's Journey

Photos of thee Armstrong Whitworth Whitley a British twin-engined bomber in service with the RAF at the outbreak of the Second World War

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Destination's JourneyNov 1, 2024
Avro Lincoln RF385 DX-G of 57 Squadron Royal Air Force https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/avro-lincoln-in-raf-service/ #AvroLinclon #Lincoln #AVRO #bomber #HeavyBomber #aeroplane #airplane #aircraft #aviation #warfare #military #RAF #RoyalAirForce #BomberCommand #57Squadron #57SquadronRAF
Avro Lincoln in RAF Service - Destination's Journey

the Lancaster B.IV, but was renamed. The last piston engined heavy bomber to serve in the RAF, the Lincoln was operated from 1945 to 1963.

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Destination's JourneyOct 13, 2024
Avro Manchester Mk.I of No. 207 Squadron RAF. The Avro Manchester was a British twin engined medium bomber operated by the RAF. Due to problems with its Vulture engines, it was redesigned as a four engined heavy bomber, becoming the highly successful Avro Lancaster. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/avro-manchester/ #AvroManchester #bomber #HeavyBomber #aeroplane #airplane #aircraft #aviation #RAF #RoyalAirForce #WorldWarTwo #WW2 #SecondWorldWar #AerialWarfare #BomberCommand #military #AirForce
Avro Manchester - Destination's Journey

Photos of the Avro Manchester a twin engined bomber of by the RAF Problems with its Vulture engines led to its redesign as the Avro Lancaster

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Mitch in OttawaJun 23, 2024
#206 - https://boxd.it/iLbK #2024MovieMarathon #Cinemastodon #Movies #SecondWorldWar #RoyalAirForce #BomberCommand Kind of dull.
Lancaster Skies (2019)

Douglas, a broken, solitary, Spitfire Ace, must overcome his past to lead a Lancaster bomber crew in the pivotal aerial war over Berlin, in 1944.

World History EncyclopediaApr 11, 2024
The bombing of Berlin, aka the Berlin Air Offensive or Battle of Berlin (Air), was a sustained bombing campaign on the German capital by the British Royal Air Force and United States Air Force from November 1943 until March 1944. #History #Berlin #BomberCommand #RAF #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2427/the-bombing-of-berlin/
The Bombing of Berlin

The bombing of Berlin, aka the Berlin Air Offensive or Battle of Berlin (Air), was a sustained bombing campaign on the German capital by the British Royal Air Force and United States Air Force from...

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World History EncyclopediaApr 4, 2024
The bomber raid on Dresden was a controversial and highly destructive combined operation by Royal Air Force Lancaster bombers and United States Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers on 13, 14, and 15 February and 2 March 1945. #History #BomberCommand #Dresden #RAF #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2412/the-bombing-of-dresden-in-1945/
The Bombing of Dresden in 1945

The bomber raid on Dresden was a controversial and highly destructive combined operation by Royal Air Force Lancaster bombers and United States Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bombers on 13, 14, and...

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World History EncyclopediaMar 28, 2024
Cologne (Köln) was the first German city to experience a "1,000-bomber raid" by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War (1939-45). #History #BomberCommand #Cologne #RAF #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2410/the-thousand-bomber-raid-on-cologne-in-1942/
The Thousand-bomber Raid on Cologne in 1942

Cologne (Köln) was the first German city to experience a

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Heather KavanaghJun 13, 2023

My 1940 Short Stirling project is coming together nicely. Upgrading a kit first made in the 1960s has been fun. I’m going to have to virtually scratch build nose and tail turrets, as I have done for the cockpit. Very pleased with how this build is going.

#ScaleModeller #RoyalAirForce #BomberCommand #1940obsession #ModelAircraft

DHMosquitoFeb 3, 2023
#MastodonMosquitoMoment This wartime photograph shows a number of DH Mosquito B. Mk IV lined up, prior to a daylight raid on an enemy target in Europe. The B.Mk. IV was the first bomber version of the Mosquito to enter service with the Royal Air Force, and these aircraft are from No. 139 Squadron, RAF, the second unit to be equipped with the Mosquito bomber. Initially used on daring daylight raids, the bomber versions of the Mosquito had no defensive armament, and relied on sheer speed to evade enemy fighters. The People's Mosquito is restoring a fighter-bomber version of the famed Mosquito in the UK. #RAF #RoyalAirForce #bomber #BomberCommand #DeHavilland #Mosquito #WW2 #history #Europe #aircraft #avgeek #TPM #ThePeoplesMosquito #UK