Colin A. Pateman

Colin Pateman grew up in the south of England and spent the majority of his working life as a police officer. His key roles were handling specialist search dogs and as a police search advisor having been trained by the Royal Engineers. Pateman is an avid collector of aviation memorabilia, gaining great satisfaction from the gathering and preserving of personal accounts undertaken by pilots and aircrews during the Second World War. Pateman has previously written for Fonthill with Unwanted Hero,...See more

Colin Pateman grew up in the south of England and spent the majority of his working life as a police officer. His key roles were handling specialist search dogs and as a police search advisor having been trained by the Royal Engineers. Pateman is an avid collector of aviation memorabilia, gaining great satisfaction from the gathering and preserving of personal accounts undertaken by pilots and aircrews during the Second World War. Pateman has previously written for Fonthill with Unwanted Hero, Goldfish, Guinea Pigs and Caterpillars and Unshackled Spirit. See less