Lionel Bennett is the son of Officer Gordon Bennett. Using logbooks, squadron debriefing notes, written accounts of WWII experiences, and personal interview material gleaned over drams of Sheep Dip in Gordon's eighty-eighth year, Lionel began to formulate a story based on the true events of his father's life. Pathfinder is the striking result. A member of the Canadian Heritage Warplane Museum, a flight enthusiast, and a sailor, Lionel finds home just outside of Marmora, Ontario with his wife, Laurane, where they enjoy the local wildlife and their blended family of three sons, two daughters, and ten grandchildren.