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"Life went on as normal during the Battle"

The late Wing Commander Bob Foster reveals how although fighter pilots were treated like heroes, life went on as usual for everyone as the Battle raged in the skies…

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Carl gets ready to go for gold at the Invictus Games

Former RAF Regiment serviceman Carl Harding will be competing in the Invictus Games in the archery competition.

3 September 2014

"I shot him down, just like that"

The late Battle of Britain veteran Bob Foster tells us about his most memorable moments flying in the conflict in our final Battle of Britain blog.

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RAF team's fundraising run for the RAF Benevolent Fund

Cpl Stuart Goodhall and a team of RAF colleagues will be running the length of the River Thames from Kemble to the Thames Barrier to raise money for our work.

10 June 2014

Remembering the veterans of D-Day

Sergeant Lee Wrake joined the RAF at the age of 19. On 6 June 1944 he landed on Omaha Beach, and after saving a man who was hit in the stomach, he himself was hit in the…

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"What a sight it was to look down and see so many boats, like a giant armada!"

Flying Officer Bunny Mason, 90, was a lone rear gunner on the Stirling Mk 4, which was specially adapted for D-Day to tow gliders over the Normandy beaches