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Remembrance: WW2 evacuee recalls moment RAF pilots saved her life

Maureen Hyatt was a child in the Second World War. Now 94, she recalls a memorable event which took place on a train journey, on the day of her evacuation, from London…

8 November 2023
Trish at HQ Air Cmd High Wycombe in front of Spitfire

RAF High Wycombe servicewoman to cycle from Vietnam to Cambodia for charity

RAF High Wycombe Reservist takes on epic challenge to cycle from Vietnam to Cambodia to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund.

7 November 2023
Veterans gathered at Strongest Link Garden Biggin Hill

WW2 RAF veterans recall wartime memories this Remembrance Day

To mark Remembrance Day on 11 November 2023, the RAF Benevolent Fund spoke to a group of Second World War veterans who gathered for an afternoon at Biggin Hill, home to…

2 November 2023
RAF personnel Brize Norton

Fund chosen for The Telegraph’s Christmas Charity Appeal

We, at the RAF Benevolent Fund, are thrilled and humbled to have been chosen as one of the charities for the Telegraph’s Christmas Charity Appeal 2023.

Ian Miller

A look back at the extraordinary 1963 forced plane landing by former Pilot Officer Ian Christie-Miller

18 October 1963 is a date that is ingrained in Ian Christie-Miller’s memory forever. It is the day he survived a forced landing in a Gnat at RAF Sealand, while flying…

1 November 2023
Sam and Jan photos side by side

Fund pays tribute to The Guinea Pig Club members Sam Gallop and Jan Stangryciuk-Black

All at the RAF Benevolent Fund pay tribute to the service and life of the last members of The Guinea Pig Club, Flight Sergeant Sam Gallop and Lieutenant Jan Stangryciuk…

26 October 2024