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RAF Typhoon Display Team flies high in support of RAF Benevolent Fund

The RAF Benevolent Fund is delighted to be chosen as one of the RAF Typhoon Display Team's charities of the year.

23 July 2021
James Marshall

Scotland's last Guinea Pig pays tribute to the surgeon who gave him 'life'

20 July marks the 80th anniversary of the foundation of the Guinea Pig Club, a group of mainly Second World War allied airmen who suffered life-changing burns injuries…

Sir Archibald McIndoe

The pioneering plastic surgeon who restored the minds and bodies of Allied aircrew

Born in New Zealand in 1900, Sir Archibald McIndoe was destined to be a gifted and talented surgeon.

Joshua Dolan

Air cadets officer donates life-saving kidney to nine-year-old boy and then embarks on 80-mile fundraiser

Nine-year-old Joshua Dolan's future has been changed forever thanks to the life-saving donation from Flight Lieutenant (RAFAC) Graham Dodds.

Doug Vince

"I remember my mother coming into the ward and asking which one is my son"

Doug Vince was 22 when his Stirling Bomber was shot down by a German aircraft. He suffered extensive burns when he freed himself from the wreckage and was subsequently…

runners

Cadet leader to run and cycle 80 miles for the RAF Air Cadets' 80th anniversary

Scunthorpe cadet leader Nigel Price will be running and cycling 80 miles for the RAF Benevolent Fund and the RAF Air Cadets in honour of the latter's 80th anniversary.

13 July 2021