Life of one of last black RAF WW2 veterans to be remembered at service at RAF Central Church
He died aged 96 alone in his London flat in December with no known family to attend his funeral.
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RAF Funeral for RAF veteran is being moved as large crowds are expected to attend
Organisers were inundated with requests to attend the service for flight Sergeant Peter Brown, who died alone aged 96.
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Veterans Care home residents surprised with trip to see planes they flew as RAF pilots
The care home has a wishing tree initiative, which lets residents suggest ideas for activities they would enjoy doing.
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WWII WW2 bomb was 'act of war' and insurance firm does not have to pay damages, judge says
Insurer wins a court fight over refusal to pay for Second World War bomb damage after it was detonated.
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WWII Prime Minister tweets for help to find family of WWII RAF veteran before his funeral
Flight Sergeant Peter Brown – a former Lancaster bomber pilot – died alone at the age of 96 and has no known family to attend his funeral.
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RAF Concrete ears that intercepted enemy aircraft now form natural bird habitat
Forces News was given an exclusive tour of the site where the giant structures still stand – now an RSPB Nature Reserve.
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Prince Philip Prince Philip's active service career
The previous Duke of Edinburgh was mentioned in dispatches after a Second World War battle.
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Women 'I heard the chaos of war': Female veterans mark International Women's Day with vivid WW2 memories
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans hosted a special event to mark International Women's Day.
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Opinion Opinion: Putin is stuck in the mud like Hitler
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon on how the mud in Ukraine is doing the same for Putin's success as it did for Hitler.
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RAF RAF trainee pilot organises Typhoon flypast for his WW2 veteran pilot great-uncle
John Robert 'Bob' Brown flew Wellington bombers in the Second World War and was a veteran of Bomber Command and IX Squadron.
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WWII British WWII veteran gets VIP tour of US airbase hosting Exercise Red Flag
The veteran said that if he could he would join the Royal Air Force again tomorrow.
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Feature The making of Desert Victory, the British Army's Oscar-winning documentary
The majority of the film's camera work, editing and scripting was undertaken by the Army Film and Photographic Unit.
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Veterans Military community rallies to honour RAF veteran who died, aged 97, with no known family
RAF veteran Ronald Frank Gale passed away at home alone and with no family around him.
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Documentary Crash site detective: What happened to Halifax NP711?
In a new documentary, Forces News joins a crash site investigator as he attempts to locate the exact spot where a plane crashed in 1945.
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RAF RAF Museum works to keep war hero's Victoria Cross in UK
The RAF Museum has launched a fundraiser to keep the VC medal of the RAF's only WWII recipient, Arthur Scarf, in the UK after it was sold at ...
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WWII 'I've seen walking skeletons': First-hand accounts from survivors on Holocaust Memorial Day
Holocaust Memorial Day, marked on 27 January, remembers all those who suffered in the Holocaust and subsequent genocides.