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582 Squadron Pathfinders fact sheet
Title
582 Squadron Pathfinders fact sheet
Description
History since formation on 1 April 1944 until last operation 7 May 1945. Part of Pathfinder Force. Mention first award of DSO and last marking and bombing operations in 1945. Provides account of last operation of Captain Edwin Swales who was awarded posthumous Victoria Cross for action on 23/24 February 1945 while acting as master bomber for attack on Pforzheim. Lists numbers of bombing and target marking sorties, tons of bombs dropped, losses and awards. Includes drawing of Squadron badges for 582, 7 and 156 Squadrons, 8 Group and Bomber Command, Lancaster and Mosquito. Portraits of seven airmen with their various awards and Edwin Swales V.C. DFC SAAF. Mentions Robert Palmers Victoria Cross action.
Temporal Coverage
1944-04-09
1944-04-10
1944-04-23
1945-04-25
1945-05-07
1945-02-23
1945-02-24
1944-12-23
1944-04-01
Spatial Coverage
Great Britain
England--Cambridgeshire
France
France--Rennes
Germany
Germany--Wangerooge Island
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
Netherlands
Germany--Pforzheim
Coverage
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
eng
Type
Text
Format
One page printed document
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Identifier
SPalmerRAM115772v10036
Collection
Palmer, Robert Anthony Maurice
Tags
109 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; killed in action; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Little Staughton; target indicator; Victoria Cross
Citation
“582 Squadron Pathfinders fact sheet,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 6, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/38293.