All members of the RAF Memorial Flight Official Club are automatically entered into our monthly prize draws. There have been some special prizes won by Club members from October to December 2025. These were the ballot prizes and the lucky Club members who won them.
In July 2025 we produced a videoed question and answer (Q&A) session, with Squadron Leader Mark 'Suggs' Sugden and Squadron Leader Paul 'Ernie' Wise taking time out of their busy schedules to answer questions sent in by Cub members. The feedback from Club members was extremely positive and clearly the Q&A session was enjoyed and appreciated by many. OC BBMF, Squadron Leader Paul ‘Ernie’ Wise, has offered to do a Part 2 Q&A session video over the 2025-26 winter period.
Header Image: Avro Lancaster first prototype BT308 at RAF Ringway, January 1941.
This January we celebrate a special 85th anniversary close to the BBMF’s heart. On 9th January 1941, 85 years ago this month, the first prototype Lancaster, or Avro 683 as it was known at that stage, took to the air for it first flight from RAF Ringway, (now Manchester Airport) in Cheshire, England, piloted by Avro test pilot Captain Harry Albert "Sam" Brown.
