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Header Image: The weather was kind at RAF Coningsby on Saturday 1st October and members of the RAF Memorial Flight Official Club and the Lincolnshire’s Lancaster Association were treated to a great day and a superb flying display as a thank you from the BBMF for their support. (Photo: Claire Hartley)

The latest in a long line of annual exclusive events, the 2022 BBMF Members’ Day was mounted by the Flight on Saturday 1st October as a way to say thank you for the support of the RAF Memorial Flight Official Club and the Lincolnshire’s Lancaster Association. Traditionally held at the end of the flying display season, Members’ Day sees the BBMF welcoming a large crowd made up exclusively of Club and Association members and their personal guests. BBMF Members’ Day is an exclusive tickets-only event open only to members and not to the general public.

Header Image: A Consolidated B-24 Liberator B Mk VI of 356 Sqn, South East Asia Command, based at Salbani, India. 356 Sqn was a sister unit to 355 Sqn which Warrant Officer Eric Lansdown (inset) flew with as a Liberator co-pilot from 1944.

In the Club’s September newsletter we offered members the opportunity to tell the brief stories of any of their relatives who served with the RAF during the Second World War, so that they are remembered. One of the first to respond was Club member Helen Lansdown, who has provided us with the story of her father, Warrant Officer Eric Lansdowne. Best of all, Eric is still with us and he celebrated his 100th birthday on 20th September.

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 July to September 2022 and the lucky Club members who won them.