90 faces of the RAF Benevolent Fund

Hastings aircraft crash, 1965

http://www.rafbf90.org.uk/beneficiaries/hastings-aircraft-crash-1965/

Categories: Beneficiaries, History

30 RAF servicemen died on exercise in 1965 when their Handley Page Hastings aircraft crashed. This terrible accident confirmed the need for the RAF Benevolent Fund to set away money for disasters which were quite unforeseeable.

By 1969 we had allocated £60,000 in assistance to the bereaved families.