Event: EX HOME RUN (Wed 10th August to Fri 19th August 2011)
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Amount raised so far £2,687.82
Fundraising target £10,000.00
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Page for: Peter Hicks, Jon Bailey, Royal Air Force 78 Sqn Our Personal Message:
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We are a group of Royal Air Force personnel based mainly at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, Starting on August 11th and finishing August the 17th 2011 we are aiming to complete an 860 mile bike ride travelling through Holland, Belgium and France. The route will be following is that of downed allied airmen who managed to evade capture during WW II. With the help of resistance fighters and the local population from occupied countries many of these aircrew escaped back to blighty to continue to fight for the remainder of the war. We will be following one particular airman from 78 Sqn, George Duffee DFC, who after 4 months successfully evading capture returned to the UK. George went on to fly another 29 missions before the end of the war and is still alive and well today.
We will complete the route in 5 days and the finish date will coincide with the 70th anniversary of the first successful escape from occupied Europe by allied forces.
We are raising money for two very worthwhile charities, The British Red Cross and UCARE so any donation will be greatly appreciated. We also plan to donate a percentage to ELMS (Escape Lines Memorial Society) who, without their help, none of this would be possible.
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We are raising money for British Red Cross and Ucare:
All donations received will be split equally between these 2 charities.
UCARE ( Urology Cancer Research and Education )
British Red Cross
Charity Registration No: 220949/1120887
Donations
13 donations made so far
Display Name
Date
Amount
Gift Aid
Message
A
29/09/2011
£140.00
£35.00
Kimberly Clark
21/09/2011
£20.00
N/A
A sincere 'thank you' from an ELMS member across the pond in the US. I've been doing the Comete walk since 2004, for my grandfather. (RCAF Al Day, 77 Squadron) Congrats & well done!
Camo Bear's Helper
18/09/2011
£17.82
£4.46
Well done to the 12 from 78 Sqn ... Congrats from an ELMS member, 3 times high pyrennes Chemin De La Liberté trekker & 2 time Cometé walker. Bravo
Helga & Molly
10/09/2011
£40.00
£10.00
Congratulations, and well done to all of you, with very best wishes from Molly & Helga xx
Maddy
16/08/2011
£50.00
£12.50
Well done Tubs xxx!
Jon Nicholas
12/08/2011
£10.00
£2.50
Good luck Gaz and the guys!!!
Mark Bassett
09/08/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Good Luck to you All
emma marshall
09/08/2011
£5.00
£1.25
Good luck lads!
Carol Russell
09/08/2011
£5.00
£1.25
Good luck guys
Colin Hicks
08/08/2011
£100.00
£25.00
I would love to join you in this wonderful and worthwhile event but I am too old !
We are very proud of all you
from Colin & Carol Hicks
Ali Stanford
08/08/2011
£20.00
£5.00
Good luck guys!!!
Kate Bailey
08/08/2011
£50.00
£12.50
Good luck Jon, Pete and all the guys. I know you'll do fantastic!! Very proud of you all, well definitely need a celebratory pint once you're back. Kate xxx
Amanda Collins
18/04/2011
£10.00
£2.50
Good luck Pete (and all)! A massive challenge for such worthy causes xx
Total online donations £487.82
Total offline donations £2,200.00
Total raised so far: £2,687.82
Total Gift Aid: £116.96
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