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To mark VJ Day we bring you a fascinating detective story first published in Air Mail back in 2020. Here, aviation historian and co-author of ‘RAF Liberators Over Burma’, Matt Poole, relates the search for his mother’s first husband, Sergeant George ...
Bomber Command veteran, former Flight Lieutenant Douglas Newham LVO DFC was President of the RAF Association’s Cockermouth Branch in Cumbria. Doug supported our Operation CONNECT by volunteering as a telephone befriender, giving companionship to isolated veterans affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
RAFARides 2022 winter cycling tips from Air Vice-Marshal Gary Waterfall: Spring is just around the corner and our incredible RAFARides Goes Global event, kindly supported by Lockheed Martin, is just six months away. For many, taking on their cycle challenge of 25, ...
The Tornado Tribute Tour of England is finally happening! RAF veterans Mal Craghill and Martin Wintermeyer will be cycling from St Eval in Cornwall to Washington, Tyne and Wear as part of a 690 mile challenge; the Tornado Tribute Tour of ...
Honours awarded Outstanding service to the RAF Association has been recognised in three National Presidential Certificates, awarded to coincide with Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday Honours List. The following have been commended: Moyne Blake of Cheltenham Branch for selfless and sustained voluntary ...
It is with deep sadness that the Royal Air Forces Association has learned of the death of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. The Association is immensely proud that His Royal Highness was Association President on three occasions, from 1954-56, 1967-69 ...
In 1952, former Leading Aircraftwoman Margaret Horton recounted a terrifying war-time experience to Air Mail magazine: clinging to the tailplane of a Spitfire as it took to the skies during WW2. Anyone who worked on the flights at RAF Hibaldstowe – ...
Marking the 30th anniversary of Operation GRANBY/DESERT STORM 17 January - 28 February 1991 Virtual Remembrance Service: Sunday 28th February 2021, 13:00 To mark the 30th anniversary of Operation GRANBY (the first Gulf War), we had planned a remembrance service at ...
Joe Bell, Operation Manna Veteran Dies Aged 103 The Royal Air Forces Association was sad to learn of the death of Second World War Bomber Command veteran Cecil Joseph Bell, known as Joe. Joe joined the RAF in November 1936, shortly before ...
Waiting, but not watching – Helen Peters’ story: Our activity marking 30 years since Operation Desert Storm/GRANBY has focused on those who were there and the impact the conflict had on many families. Here we speak to Helen Peters, wife of John. ...
Gordon Moulton-Barrett: Farewell To Pilot Who Survived Infamous Wartime Prison Camp A Second World War Lancaster bomber pilot who survived being shot down over Germany and was a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III has died aged 98. Gordon Moulton-Barrett served as a Flight Lieutenant with No 207 Squadron, and flew 17 sorties before his aircraft was shot down during a Berlin bombing raid on Christmas Eve, 1943. After being captured ...
Remembering the crew of 12 Squadron at the Nottinghamshire Golf and Country Club A short rededication event was held at the Nottinghamshire Golf and Country Club on Monday 8 February 2021, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the tragic loss of seven ...
