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Tin Foil Aeroplane Challenge

Fund launches the Tin Foil Aeroplane Challenge to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day

To mark 80 years since D-Day and Operation Taxable, the RAF Benevolent Fund, the RAF’s leading welfare charity, has launched the Tin Foil Aeroplane Challenge.

Operation Hurricane plane dropping foil

D-Day 80: The History of Operation Taxable

Operation Taxable was a key component of the broader deception plan, known as Operation Bodyguard, carried out by the Allies during the D-Day landings in June 1944. It…

Flight Lieutenant Ben Parkin and Flight Lieutenant Richard ‘Stan’ Stanley

RAF servicemen get set to march 100km in 24 hours for 78th anniversary of D-Day

In honour of the 78th anniversary of D-Day, two RAF personnel have planned a 100km march which they aim to complete in just 24 hours.

31 May 2022
Rose Davies

How radar operator Rose Davies supported the D-Day landings

As D-Day, 6 June 1944 dawned, those who were to play a pivotal part in its success were landing on the beaches of Normandy.

8 May 2024

Why the men of Bomber Command must never be forgotten

Before any troops even set foot on the beaches on 6 June 1944, Bomber Command had already lost almost 300 aircraft and 2,000 men (1,500 killed) attacking invasion…

"Abandon aircraft chaps"

Navigator John 'Jack' Lott had just celebrated his 25th birthday weeks before the D-Day landings, sadly this was the last birthday he would ever celebrate.