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"One phone call has led to so much support"

Christine Carr joined the RAF in 1985 and served for two years as a Senior Aircraftwoman based at RAF Henlow. Christine was always aware of the Fund but didn’t realise…

12 June 2025
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"My father’s role supporting the D-Day landings"

Fund supporter Ann Blowers’ father, John Jenkins, was a Flight Sergeant during the Second World War – serving as a Bomb Aimer in Bomber Command. To mark the 81st…

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Fund holds VE Day tea party for RAF veterans

On 8 May, to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, the RAF Benevolent Fund held a tea party for RAF veterans and family members at its head office in London.

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VE Day 80: “We stand on their shoulders with immense pride and gratitude”

To mark VE Day 80, we spoke to Squadron Leader Barney Polden about why VE Day is important to him as a proud member of a military family spanning generations.

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"The polytunnels have given RAF Leeming families a sense of community"

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…

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Andrée’s War Part 3: "My mother’s WW2 exploits inspired me to write a book about her"

We explored Andrée Griotteray White’s journey into becoming an agent in the French Resistance in Part 1 of our Women’s History Month series, and some of Andrée’s most…

28 March 2025