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INTRODUCTION.  Welcome to the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) Mid-Somerset Branch’s website. RAFA is a forward looking organisation and a registered charity (Association Registered Charity 226686 in England & Wales: Mid-Somerset Branch No 0576 Registered Charity No 1116135).  The Association has over 68,000 members and some 220 Branches world-wide, and provides friendship and welfare support for serving and ex-serving RAF personnel and their dependants – over 40,000 individuals are helped each year. See the Air Mail Digital Hub for the quarterly Association magazine.  We hope that as you read further through the links on our website that you will wish to be involved in Association and Branch activity.

MID-SOMERSET BRANCH.  Over the more than 75 years that our Branch has been active, we have been very lucky to have people prepared to give of their time and talents to assist the Royal Air Force Family.  If you are a member who has not joined in for a while it would be great to see you again: please contact any member of the committee.  If you are not (yet) a member, why not sign up today to membership of the RAF Association and help our vital work. Anyone can join!   Join our branch . 

Fundraising.  If you use Amazon, consider booking in via Amazon Smile https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/how-to-sign-up-for-amazonsmile and declaring ‘The Royal Air Forces Association Mid Somerset Branch’ as your ‘charity of choice’. Do this and Amazon will pay a small percentage to Branch funds: every little helps and it soon adds up! 

Branch History.  See updated information on the history tab

Branch Committee.  The Committee met on 23 Jun 26:  MSB – Cmtee Meet 1 – Simple Agenda V2.  Minutes:  MSB – Cmtee Meet 4- 23 Jun2026 – Minutes V1  The next meeting of the Committee will be on Tuesday 25 Aug 26 at the Wells Golf Club starting at 1100 hrs: all branch members are welcome to attend. Agenda: 2026-04 MSB – Cmtee Meet 1 – Simple Agenda V2  At its meeting on 25 Aug 26 the Committee decided unanimously to hold the 2 Nov General Branch Meeting at the Mendip Golf Club BA3 4UT and that the Isle of Wedmore Golf Club BS28 4QT would be used for the Christmas Lunch on Saturday 19 Dec (NB Date change) and the GBM on Monday 4 Jan 27.  The venues for subsequent meetings would be determined later.

RAFA Services.  See 9218 RAFA Services brochure ’24 for list of  services provided by RAFA: lots of ways in which the Association helps all members of the RAF family.  

Branch Newsletter.  See Newsletter May 26 final for the May 2026 Branch Newsletter

LATEST NEWS –  1 October 2026

Branch Games Day – Monday 5 Oct 26 at The Bell, Evercreech.  Join us for this fun day of skittles and other games with an excellent optional lunch.  See here for the details.

Special Notice!  Remember Paul Branson – local artist and Branch Chair 2011 to 2018?   As part of Somerset Art Weeks, the Red Brick Building is hosting a retrospective  exhibition of Paul’s work:  there are opportunities to buy as well as to admire his very individual work.  Open until 4 Oct 26.  See Paul Branson Art 2026 for details.

Battle of Britain Commemoration. The Branch commemorated the Battle of Britain on 13 Sep 26 with a service in the Methodist Church in Street and with an Act of Remembrance and wreath-laying at the War Memorial in Merriman Park.  See here for report. 

RAFA Annual Conference. The Association will hold it Annual Conference at Wyboston Lakes Resort in Bedfordshire over the weekend of 17/18 Oct 26. As agreed at the Branch 2026 AGM, the Committee has appointed the President to act as the Branch representative, participating by VTC.  All RAFA members are entitled to vote – please see here for details of the Conference nad the voting procedures. 

Branch Programme.  See 2026 – RAFA – MSB Brnch Programme v9 – 26 Aug 26 for latest Branch Programme.