Mosquito Pathfinder: A Navigator's 90 WWII Bomber Operations

Having suffered the devastating effects of the Manchester blitz, sixteen-year-old Salford lad Albert Smith signed up to join the RAF not thinking he would be lucky enough to complete 90 operations. His first tour of 38 operations as a Wellington navigator over Germany and North Africa was soon continued when he volunteered for Pathfinder Mosquitoes with 109 squadron at Little Soughton.The Oboe navigation system was in its infancy and as one of only two Oboe squadrons, Smith was soon in the ...