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Header image: Wg Cdr Guy Gibson VC DSO and Bar DFC and Bar, one of the most famous and highly decorated RAF pilots of the Second World War, was killed flying on ‘ops’ in September 1944.

Eighty years ago this month, on the night of 19th September 1944, Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC DSO and Bar DFC and Bar, probably the most famous RAF pilot of all time, was lost on a bombing operation in a de Havilland Mosquito. Despite all that he had achieved, he was still just 26 years old when he died.

Header Image: Club members Julie Louth, who won the Spitfire cockpit experience prize, and her husband Anthony, with BBMF Spitfire IIa P7350 on 5th September. (Photo: Clive Rowley)

Club member Julie Louth from Derbyshire was the lucky winner of the March ballot prize, a Spitfire cockpit experience at the BBMF’s home at RAF Coningsby. Julie took up the prize on Thursday 5th September, bringing her husband Anthony, who is also a Club member, with her to RAF Coningsby.

We are pleased to announce the winners of the photographic competition for the new RAF Memorial Flight Official Club calendar for 2025, which will be on sale soon. The winning photographers have their photos featured in the new calendar and they will each receive a free copy as a prize.