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Fund chosen for The Telegraph’s Christmas Charity Appeal

We, at the RAF Benevolent Fund, are thrilled and humbled to have been chosen as one of the charities for the Telegraph’s Christmas Charity Appeal 2023.

Ian Miller

A look back at the extraordinary 1963 forced plane landing by former Pilot Officer Ian Christie-Miller

18 October 1963 is a date that is ingrained in Ian Christie-Miller’s memory forever. It is the day he survived a forced landing in a Gnat at RAF Sealand, while flying…

1 November 2023
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Fund pays tribute to The Guinea Pig Club members Sam Gallop and Jan Stangryciuk-Black

All at the RAF Benevolent Fund pay tribute to the service and life of the last members of The Guinea Pig Club, Flight Sergeant Sam Gallop and Lieutenant Jan Stangryciuk…

24 October 2023
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RAF Northolt personnel climb London Gherkin for the Fund

On Thursday 5 October, three RAF Northolt personnel took on The Gherkin challenge, climbing 38 floors to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund.

24 October 2023
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Black History Month: Celebrating the Fund’s supporters

To mark Black History Month this year and to celebrate the diversity of our RAF Family, we have spoken to some of the Fund’s celebrity supporters about what the…

19 October 2023
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The lasting legacy of Stan and Joyce Smith

Former RAF Flight Lieutenant Stan Smith and his wife, former WAAF Pilot Officer Joyce Smith, generously donated £50,000 as a legacy gift in their wills to the RAF…