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Remembering WW2 Special Operations Agent, Phyllis ‘Pippa’ Latour Doyle

The RAF Benevolent Fund would like to pay tribute to the service and life of WW2 Special Operations Agent and Fund beneficiary, Phyllis ‘Pippa’ Latour Doyle.

17 October 2023
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The lasting legacy of Stan and Joyce Smith

Former RAF Flight Lieutenant Stan Smith and his wife, former WAAF Pilot Officer Joyce Smith, generously donated £50,000 as a legacy gift in their wills to the RAF…

Leroy Francis

Celebrating Black History Month: Q&A with RAF veteran Sgt Leroy Francis

For Black History Month this October, we spoke to former RAF Sergeant Leroy Francis, who served for 26 years as an Aircraft Weapons Systems Maintenance Manager, about…

16 October 2023
SHAPE GRANT

Fund supports SHAPE and Brunssum three-week summer activity camp for RAF children

The Fund provided a £10,000 Station Grant to support a three-week summer activity camp for children of RAF serving personnel based in Belgium and the Netherlands.

12 October 2023
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“The counselling from the Fund has picked me up during difficult times in my life”

After the loss of both parents, separating from his wife, and a decline in his personal health, RAF veteran Neil sought the support from the Fund’s welfare services to…

9 October 2023
Andy Layton

"Getting used to our new life is a struggle – without support from the Fund I don’t know where we’d be"

In 2021 life for Andy and his family, as they knew it, changed in an instant. After suffering a serious brain haemorrhage, RAF weapon’s technician Andy Layton was left…

5 October 2023