Letter to Bill Eyles and certificate for award of pathfinder badge
Title
Letter to Bill Eyles and certificate for award of pathfinder badge
Description
Letter encloses certificate for permanent award of the pathfinder force badge awarded on completion of his tour. Certificate signed by Air Vice Marshall D C T Bennett.
Date
1944-11-18
1944-08-30
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Format
One page typewritten letter and one page printed document
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Identifier
EAdj35SqnRAFEylesCW441118
Transcription
Royal Ai [censored words]
Gra [censored word]
Ref: 35S/S.1/26/5/Air. 18th November, 1944.
Dear Eyles,
Herewith certificate for the permanent award of the Path Finder Badge awarded to you on completion of your operational tour.
[signature]
Flight Lieutenant, Adjutant,
[underlined] No. 35 Squadron. [/underlined]
W/O C.W. Eyles,
15, Dales View Road,
[underlined] Ipswich, Suffolk. [/underlined]
[page break]
HEADQUARTERS,
PATH FINDER FORCE,
ROYAL AIR FORCE.
30th August, 1944.
To: 900473 Flight Sergeant Eyles, C.W.
[underlined] AWARD OF PATH FINDER FORCE BADGE [/underlined]
You have to-day qualified for the award of the Path Finder Force Badge and are entitled to wear the badge as long as you remain in the Path Finder Force.
2. You will not be entitled to wear the Badge after you leave the Path Finder Force without a further written certificate from me authorising you to do so.
[signature]
Air Vice-Marshal, Commanding
Path Finder Force.
(4159) M13466/M 1453 8/44 1000 BGH Gp57/9.
Gra [censored word]
Ref: 35S/S.1/26/5/Air. 18th November, 1944.
Dear Eyles,
Herewith certificate for the permanent award of the Path Finder Badge awarded to you on completion of your operational tour.
[signature]
Flight Lieutenant, Adjutant,
[underlined] No. 35 Squadron. [/underlined]
W/O C.W. Eyles,
15, Dales View Road,
[underlined] Ipswich, Suffolk. [/underlined]
[page break]
HEADQUARTERS,
PATH FINDER FORCE,
ROYAL AIR FORCE.
30th August, 1944.
To: 900473 Flight Sergeant Eyles, C.W.
[underlined] AWARD OF PATH FINDER FORCE BADGE [/underlined]
You have to-day qualified for the award of the Path Finder Force Badge and are entitled to wear the badge as long as you remain in the Path Finder Force.
2. You will not be entitled to wear the Badge after you leave the Path Finder Force without a further written certificate from me authorising you to do so.
[signature]
Air Vice-Marshal, Commanding
Path Finder Force.
(4159) M13466/M 1453 8/44 1000 BGH Gp57/9.
Collection
Citation
Adjutant 35 Squadron and D C T Bennet, “Letter to Bill Eyles and certificate for award of pathfinder badge,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 22, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/33474.
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