WWII British SAAF RAF South Africa Royal Air Force Pathinder Crew RARE Cap Badge

Description

This is an RAF and Commonwealth forces including the South Africa , Pathfinder cap badge. This is a beautiful example of a Pathfinder badge that would have been worn by these men in the vanguard of each attack launched by the RAF bomber command.
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The Pathfinders were target marking squadrons in RAF Bomber Command during World War II. They located and marked targets with flares, which a main bomber force could aim at, increasing the accuracy of their bombing. The Pathfinders were normally the first to receive new blind bombing aids like Gee, Oboe and the H2S radar.