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Honouring The Guinea Pig Club
On 2 November, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh unveiled a memorial to The Guinea Pig Club at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire.
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"Don't be ashamed or embarrassed, the Fund is there to help"
For Mina Tilt, of Birmingham, life has been full of adventures alongside tragedies that will stay with her forever.
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Celebrating the RAF Regiment's history at the RAF Honington Heritage Centre
Short of serving in the Regiment, there simply is no better place to learn about the history and role of the RAF Regiment than the Heritage Centre at RAF Honington.
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New book celebrates Battle of Britain pilot Johnny 'Kentowski' Kent
Alexandra Kent knew as a child that her father John 'Johnny' Kent was a celebrated Battle of Britain pilot and successful test pilot.
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Seventy-fifth anniversary of 'High Flight'
"Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings..." So begins 'High Flight,' perhaps the most renowned aviation poem, written by Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr, in August 1941.
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"My father would have been truly humbled by all the messages of thanks"
When the late Dambusters pilot Les Munro sold his precious medals to help maintain the Bomber Command Memorial we were inundated with messages of thanks from all over the world, which we turned into a book of gratitude.
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French honour for Battle of Britain veteran
Battle of Britain veteran Stan Hartill has been awarded France's highest decoration – the Legion d'honneur.
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Celebrating 80 years of the Spitfire
Eighty years ago today an icon of British resilience and defiance first took to the skies – happy birthday Supermarine Spitfire!
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"Darling just got VC. Don't know why"
With those simple words, telegraphed to his wife Muriel, Flight Lieutenant Eric "James" Nicolson downplayed the magnitude of his award.
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In tribute to Les Munro
The RAF Benevolent Fund is saddened to hear of the death of Les Munro, the last surviving Dambusters pilot.
