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Ken Newman – RIP

It is with great sadness that we must pass on the news that Ken died from COVID on 31 January. Tragically, he was diagnosed with the virus on his 100th birthday on 13 January. Our thoughts are with his family…

Ken Newman Celebration, 100 yrs

Photographs of Ken’s landmark birthday yesterday. From Danny Newman, Ken’s proud grandson.

Ken Newman’s 100th Birthday

It seems that there may have been a mix-up about the exact date of Ken’s birthday. One source (family) said 21 January, another 13 January. We are checking but in the meantime please send your goodwill messages in as soon…

Wartime Opposition to Bombing

During the war, public opinion in Britain and the Dominions was firmly on the side of Bomber Command. However, there was also some determined criticism of Bomber Command’s campaigns, not least by George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, who argued the…

100th Birthday for a Gunner, 97 Sqd

Ken Newman (second from right) who flew with the Steven crew but who missed their fatal flight on 14 January 1944 due to a bad skin complaint, will be 100 years old on 21 January. If anyone would like to send a…

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Wartime Opposition to Bombing

During the war, public opinion in Britain and the Dominions was firmly on the side of Bomber Command. However, there was also some determined criticism of Bomber Command’s campaigns, not least by George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, who argued the case against area bombing in the House of Lords. The Hansard debate of 9 February […]

RAF Bombers Deliver More than Bombs …

Bomber aircraft did not just drop bombs, they also dropped counter-propaganda as in this Italian leaflet from 1943 RAF Bombers & Counter-Propaganda and information for the peoples of the Occupied Countries, as in the miniature Dutch newspaper De Wervelwind, RAF Bombers Deliver Dutch News.

Der Feind, The Fiend

This public information poster was printed in Berlin in 1940. The designer was Sander-Herwig. (Information from The Wolfsonian Digital Catalog, Accession number: XX1990.2765) Note the RAF roundel on the wing of the aircraft, and the bomb in the skeleton’s hand. The Enemy Sees Your Lights. Lights out! The poster is a forewarning of the later […]

Den Burg, Texel, Xmas Eve

The annual lighting of candles on the 167 graves at the War Cemetery at Den Burg, Texel, took place yesterday evening, Christmas Eve. This is a very simple but extremely moving and quietly spectacular ceremony, and for the last three years we have published photographs of it. Extremely powerful guns were located on Texel during […]

Christmas at Graveley, Last Year of the War

From all the team at the RAF Pathfinders Archive Happy Christmas to everyone who has supported us over the years, and may next year, 2021, see life restored to something like normality after the immense problems and sorrows caused by the Corona virus. From the family archive of Bill ‘Worcester’ Phillips, Bryant crew, 35 Squadron, […]