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With a looming detachment in a remote location, Flt Lt Duncan Walkey craved some quality time with his family, and applied for a serving break offered by the RAF Benevolent Fund.
The RAF Benevolent Fund held its prestigious annual awards ceremony last night (Thursday 24 April) at the Sheraton Grand in London. The evening provided the opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the Fund’s supporters.
Eighty years ago today a group of young pilots and their crews began a series of daring raids which saved a starving nation.
Operation Manna took place towards the end of the Second World War when the Allied forces stepped in to air-drop food to the people of Holland.
Jack Lyon was shot down in a raid on Dusseldorf in June 1941 and spent almost four years as a PoW. Marched west by his German captors from Stalag Luft III as the war drew to an end, Jack finally returned home on VE Day.
As the nation prepares to mark 80 years since VE Day, RAF veteran Nobby Hill told us what it was like as a teenager in an interview from 2021.
We offer a free membership to Headspace for serving RAF personnel (including Reservists), their partners, and members of the RAF Family who are using the Fund's listening and counselling service.
On Sunday 27 April, fundraiser and RAF Reservist Bronwyn Harding took part in the London Marathon to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund.
To mark National Gardening Week (28 April - 4 May), we spoke with personnel from RAF Leeming to find out how grants from the Fund towards polytunnels and a new outdoor wellbeing area have benefitted them.