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It was love at first sight – for Arthur at least!

One chance meeting, two children, six RAF postings, three careers and 44 years later Arthur and Marilyn Botham are still going strong.

12 February 2018

"We were stronger than the Germans!"

For 96-year-old Gladys Wissett, a call-up to the WAAF in 1940 was her chance to help the war effort.

"Proving my doubters wrong made me realise I could do anything"

Considered a trailblazer as the first female medic to serve on the frontline with the RAF Regiment, former Flt Lt Michelle Partington had a successful RAF career.

4 December 2017

Photography course provides new focus for Tony

RAF veteran Tony Beck's life was turned upside down in 2007 when he was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

30 November 2017
Keith Park

How Air Vice-Marshal Sir Keith Park helped to save Malta

Seventy-five years ago, Malta stood firm resisting attacks from the air and sea during the Second World War. German and Italian forces lay siege to the Mediterranean…

Spectacular dinner begins Dambusters raid anniversary commemorations

A spectacular dinner in London hosted by the April Fools Club marked the start of a year-long fundraising campaign to raise a million pounds for the RAF Benevolent Fund…