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Landing on the beaches

In the early hours of 6 June 1944 thousands of Allied troops had begun landing on the beaches of Normandy in northern France at the start of a major offensive against…

"It was actually terribly exciting, we knew this was it"

Ninety-one year old Eric Reedman was a 21-year-old Leading Aircraftman with Advanced HQ, 80 Wing at the start of D-Day.

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"June 1944 – what a month!"

John 'Jackie' Reid was a pilot with 605 Squadron at the time of D-Day.

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My role as a Care Services Executive at the RAF Benevolent Fund

John Hickson works in our Care Services team and has been working for the Fund since 2012. In this guest blog, John tells us more about his role.

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Former RAF airman to showcase garden at RHS Malvern in support of the RAF Benevolent Fund

Former RAF Senior Aircraftsman Martyn Wilson is one of four amateur garden designers who have been selected to create a centrepiece show garden at the RHS Malvern Spring…

7 May 2014
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Solihull volunteer honoured for service to veterans

Back in the early days of his active duty in the RAF, Derek Tilford of Solihull, as a junior officer, was responsible for writing reports requesting assistance from…