Pathfinders (1972–1973, aka The Pathfinders) is an ITV drama set in the Second World War, telling the story of the fictitious Royal Air Force 192 Pathfinder squadron. The Pathfinders were specialised RAF squadrons that marked targets for RAF Bomber Command.

The series used radio controlled Avro Lancaster models for the flying scenes.^{[citation needed]} The technical adviser for the series was Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie. The music was by Malcolm Lockyer.^{[citation needed]}

A new squadron is formed with hand-picked, volunteer crews to rectify the highly inaccurate bombing of the Royal Air Force: 95% of all bombs are more than 10 miles (16 km) away from the target, according to Wing Commander MacPhearson. They are supposed to receive three weeks training and evaluation, but are instead given their first mission for that night by naysayers eager to discredit the concept.

• Robert Urquhart as Wing Commander MacPhearson (13 episodes)
• Jack Watling as Doc Saxon (12 episodes)
• Julian Orchard as The Padre (4 episodes)
• Jack May as Squadron Leader Shanks (3 episodes)
• Christopher Cazenove as Flight Lieutenant Doug Phillips (2 episodes)
• Jonathan Sweet as Flying Officer Bill Short / F (2 episodes)
• Mark McManus as Flight Sergeant Joe Cameron (1 episode)

In 2006, Simply Media released the series on DVD in the UK.^[1] Despite being sold as "The Complete Series", the release is actually missing Episode 8 "Our Daffodils Are Better Than Your Daffodils", without any explanation. The episode was also missing from the 2002 four-tape UK VHS release of Pathfinders from DD Video, although the episode was released in the US on VHS using the title "Assignment Top Secret".^{[citation needed]}

• Pathfinders at IMDb
• CTVA archive Pathfinders