Former Flight Lieutenant Jack Lyon was just 23 when he joined the RAF as an Aircraftman. He entered Stalag Luft III, the scene of the Great Escape, in 1942 when it…
Former Flight Lieutenant Charles Clarke was imprisoned in Stalag Luft III after being captured on enemy territory. Before his passing in May 2019, Charles told us about…
The mastermind of the Great Escape was Squadron Leader Roger Bushell. Described by his Commanding Officer as 'one of the greatest of his generation', Bushell was born…
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.
To mark World Poetry Day this year, former RAF Teleprinter Operator Irene Strange, 90, penned a poem about a lunch social the RAF Benevolent Fund arranged for her and…
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