RAFA Sud-Ouest France

RAFA Sud-Ouest France is a non-profit association based in Beurlay, France working on heritage.

RAFA Sud-Ouest France is a branch of the Royal Air Forces Association, a UK charity supporting serving and former members of the RAF, their families and dependants. The branch covers south-western France, from the Loire Valley to the Spanish border, and has around 160 members, including French veterans and family members, along with friends of the branch in Portugal, the Netherlands and the UK. It provides befriending, visiting, advice and signposting to help RAF community members with loneliness, wellbeing and financial difficulties. The branch also organises commemorations of RAF and French Halifax bomber squadrons (Groupes Lourds 346 and 347), including ceremonies at war graves on Pic du Douly and at the military cemetery in Bordeaux-Mérignac. It is bilingual, with committee meetings held in French with English translations. The branch is registered as a Loi 1901 association and is linked to the UK charity Royal Air Forces Association.