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The Guinea Pig Club: a lasting legacy

The Guinea Pigs were a unique band of RAF airman who paid a heavy price while serving for their country during the Second World War.

"They asked my mother where they should bury me"

Flying Officer Desmond O'Connell was just 19-years-old when he joined the RAF as a Volunteer Reserve before the war started. Aged 21, his unit was sent to sink the…

Thanking our trust supporters

Since 2010, more than 100 trusts, foundations, livery companies and other grant-making organisations have contributed around £3.5 million to the RAF Benevolent Fund.

6 July 2016

Youngsters from RAF Lossiemouth mark The Queen's 90th birthday

To mark HM The Queen's 90th birthday, over 50 children at RAF Lossiemouth attended a special party in her honour.

3 July 2016

Eyes in the sky

Reconnaissance – the ability to gather information on enemy forces – was catapulted into the modern era during the First World War with advances in aviation and…

A Victoria Cross on the first day of battle at the Somme

Having paid for his own flying lessons just three years before the Battle of the Somme, Welshman Lionel Rees had no idea what lay ahead of him on the first day of the…