Aims of the Royal Air Forces Escaping Society

the UK Standard of the RAFES, now laid up in Lincoln Cathedral

The RAFES was founded in 1945 as a non sectarian and non political society. In summary, its aims were to: -

  • give financial assistance to surviving helpers and dependants of those who  lost their lives assisting members of the Royal Air Forces to evade and escape
  • make charitable donations in their countries to worthy causes, as an expression of thanks
  • encourage visits between the helpers and the helped
  • foster good relations and friendship between their countries

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