Hedge-Hopping with Matt Bone - The Pathfinders with Will Iredale
The birth of The Pathfinder Force would revolutionise Bomber Command’s war, but who were the people behind it and who was Don Bennett, the trailblazing inter-war aviator that Arthur Harris appointed to lead the new Target Finding Force, and then unde...
Episode 561 of the The 15 Minute Book Club podcast, hosted by Alex Churchill, Matt Bone, titled "Hedge-Hopping with Matt Bone - The Pathfinders with Will Iredale" was published on September 9, 2021 and runs 65 minutes.
September 9, 2021 ·65m · The 15 Minute Book Club
Summary
The birth of The Pathfinder Force would revolutionise Bomber Command’s war, but who were the people behind it and who was Don Bennett, the trailblazing inter-war aviator that Arthur Harris appointed to lead the new Target Finding Force, and then undermined him at every turn?In his new book, The Pathfinders, author Will Iredale looks at the Pathfinder Force and at the men and women who made the PFF’s moto, “We Guide to Strike”, so terrifyingly effective.Buy The Pathfinders by Will Iredale at our Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9780753557808Buy The Kamikaze Hunters by Will Iredale at our Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781447227205You can also support the podcast from just £3 a month via our Patreon. There are lots of great tiers and extras. Join us, we have gin! https://www.patreon.com/historyhackJust like an episode? Drop us a to via Ko-Fi! https://ko-fi.com/historyhackPatreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClubWatch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_ClubBuy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!UK Link: US Link: Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub(US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Description
The birth of The Pathfinder Force would revolutionise Bomber Command’s war, but who were the people behind it and who was Don Bennett, the trailblazing inter-war aviator that Arthur Harris appointed to lead the new Target Finding Force, and then undermined him at every turn?
In his new book, The Pathfinders, author Will Iredale looks at the Pathfinder Force and at the men and women who made the PFF’s moto, “We Guide to Strike”, so terrifyingly effective.
Buy The Pathfinders by Will Iredale at our Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9780753557808
Buy The Kamikaze Hunters by Will Iredale at our Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6252/9781447227205
You can also support the podcast from just £3 a month via our Patreon. There are lots of great tiers and extras. Join us, we have gin! https://www.patreon.com/historyhack
Just like an episode? Drop us a to via Ko-Fi! https://ko-fi.com/historyhack
Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub
Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@15MinuteBook_Club
Buy [INSERT BOOK TITLE] at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us!
UK Link:
US Link:
Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below:
(UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
(US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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