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FIRST
PATHFINDER SQUADRON
(PROVISIONAL)
SEMPER
DUX
USAAF
STATION 612
CASTLE HEDINGHAM
SQUADRON
COMMANDING
OFFICER
MAJOR
BERNARD COLEMAN
The
1st Pathfinder
Squadron (Provisional) is a fictional bomb squadron
based on the real unit which flew day pathfinder missions for A-20 and
B-26 bomb groups during World War II in Europe from February 1944 to
the end of the war. From June 1944 this squadron also led night
missions. It was activated on February 16, 1944, under the command of
Major Robert A. Porter at Station 485, Andrews Field (Great Saling).
The first mission was on February 21, to an airfield at Coxyde,
Belgium, during Big Week.
The 1st Pathfinder Squadron
(Provisional) uses the
B-26 variant Martin
B-26 Marauder:
The Wingless Wonder
of the board game B-17:
Queen of the
Skies by Avalon Hill, owned by
Hasbro. "B-17: Queen of the
Skies" is a Trademark of
Hasbro, Inc..
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