{"product_id":"hamish-the-story-of-a-pathfinder-the-memoirs-of-group-captain-t-g-mahaddie-dso-dfc-afc-czmc-ceng-fraes","title":"HAMISH — THE STORY OF A PATHFINDER — The Memoirs of Group Captain T.G.Mahaddie DSO, DFC, AFC, CZMC, CENG, FRAeS","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #f7f8f9; padding: 20px; border-left: 4px solid #647382;\"\u003eThe memoirs of Group Captain T.G. Mahaddie, covering his RAF career from Halton apprentice through WWII as a Pathfinder Force pilot and commander, earning DSO, DFC, AFC and Czech Military Cross, to post-war service and work as technical adviser on films.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-bottom: 13px;\"\u003eCharacteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"table table-striped\" style=\"width: 99.915%; height: 292.034px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9780711018266\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN-10\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0711018266\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 17.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 17.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook cover finish(es)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 17.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover ( round back binding )\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial Features\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Dust jacket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike NEW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 59.0018%; height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eT. G. 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G. Mahaddie\u003c\/em\u003e as told by himself — Halton apprentice, bomber pilot, staff officer, station commander, technical adviser to the British film industry, and raconteur \u003cem\u003epar excellence\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a lively narrative liberally laced with anecdotes, \u003cem\u003eHamish\u003c\/em\u003e reflects on his formative years in Edinburgh during the \u003cem\u003eFirst World War\u003c\/em\u003e and the part he played in the \u003cem\u003e“Trenchard Experiment”\u003c\/em\u003e at \u003cem\u003eRAF Halton\u003c\/em\u003e in the late 1920s. We follow him to the outposts of the Empire during the 1930s with his posting to Egypt and Iraq, where he gained his wings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn his return to the UK in 1937 he found a very different \u003cem\u003eRoyal Air Force\u003c\/em\u003e from the one he had known several years before. Not only had the people changed but so had the circumstances. It was now an Air Force frantically preparing for the inevitable cataclysm of war which was about to engulf the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHamish\u003c\/em\u003e flew on two tours of operations during \u003cem\u003eWorld War II\u003c\/em\u003e with \u003cem\u003eRAF Bomber Command\u003c\/em\u003e in the dangerous night skies over Europe in \u003cem\u003eArmstrong Whitworth Whitley\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eShort Stirling\u003c\/em\u003e bombers, interspersed with an instructing tour at an \u003cem\u003eOperational Training Unit\u003c\/em\u003e in Scotland before joining \u003cem\u003eAir Vice-Marshal Don Bennett\u003c\/em\u003e’s staff at \u003cem\u003ePathfinder Force\u003c\/em\u003e Headquarters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn February 1943 he was awarded the \u003cem\u003eDistinguished Service Order\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eDistinguished Flying Cross\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eAir Force Cross\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eCzech Military Cross\u003c\/em\u003e — surely an RAF record. He finished the war as Station Commander at \u003cem\u003eRAF Warboys\u003c\/em\u003e where, with the help of one \u003cem\u003eCpl Christian\u003c\/em\u003e, he transformed the Sergeants’ and Airmen’s Messes into Meccas of popular entertainment with seating liberated from the \u003cem\u003eGlobe Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShaftesbury Avenue\u003c\/em\u003e. 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