Club prizes and winners – January to March 2022

All members of the RAF Memorial Flight Official Club are automatically entered into our monthly prize ballots to win some special prizes. These were the ballot prizes for the months of January to March 2022 and the lucky Club members who won them.

January ballot prize – Marquetry picture of Hawker Hurricane P3351

The Club members’ ballot prize for January was a marquetry picture of Hawker Hurricane P3351, an artwork made from pieces of various wood veneer. Hurricane Mk 1 P3351 was built at Brooklands in early 1940, it survived action in the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain of 1940. In 1942, P3351 was shipped to Russia under the Lend-Lease programme. It flew in Soviet service and crashed, possibly shot down by ground fire, in the Murmansk region of Russia in the winter of 1943, where its wreckage remained undisturbed until being recovered in 1991. The Hurricane was rebuilt in a joint UK/New Zealand project and flew again in January 2000. Today, P3351 has a French owner and is based in France. It is one of only approximately 17 airworthy Hurricanes worldwide from the more than 14,500 built.

Winner:           Adrian Dowse from Lincolnshire

February ballot prize – A Copy of Peter Farrington’s BBMF photo book

The Club ballot prize for February was a copy of ‘Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - An Inspirational Collection of Photography’, by Peter Farrington, who is not only a talented photographer, but is also a chef in the Royal Air Force and part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s public relations team who attend air shows to help promote the Flight. This beautiful book is full of stunning photographs Peter has taken of the Flight, both as a member of the PR team and as a genuine fan like all of our Club members.

Winner:           Nigel Gillett from Wirral

March ballot prize – BBMF Experience Day

A lucky Club member won the fantastic March ballot prize of an Experience Day at the BBMF’s home at RAF Coningsby on Saturday 25th June, truly a ‘money cannot buy it’, chance of a lifetime opportunity. The lucky winner and guests will be able to experience the activity during a typical BBMF weekend flying day from behind the scenes, with the engineers preparing the aircraft, the aircrew planning and briefing, and the aircraft starting up, taxying out, departing and returning, all from a very privileged stand point.

Winner:           Ian Bell from Essex

Look out for further superb Club ballot prizes this year, which only Club members have a chance of winning. If you are not already a member and want to be in with a chance of winning prizes like these, you can join the Club here.