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On Thursday evening the Museum invited guests from the Indian and Jewish communities to commemorate the immense diversity within the RAF in its 100+ years.<\/p>\n
The RAF Museum is committed to sharing the RAF story with everyone and the evening included a Jewish Hidden Heroes talk by the Jewish author and historian Joshua Levine, and an Indian Hidden Heroes talk by the Indian journalist and author Shrabani Basu, both Ambassadors for the RAFM. Special guest AVM Simon Edwards (ACAS) was also in attendance, along with a group of RAF officers from the both the Jewish and Indian communities.<\/p>\n
The event was sponsored by Advinia Healthcare (Main Sponsor), Mizrahi Tefahot Bank and the Asian Jewish Business Network.<\/p>\n
The RAF Museum Jewish Hidden Heroes project gathers and shares untold stories, both online and in our galleries, of the Jewish personnel in the RAF during the Second World War. The project is supported by Roman Abramovich and the CFC Foundation for its Say No to Anti-Semitism Campaign.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Joshua Levine, RAFM Ambassador \u2013 Jewish, bestselling author who has written seven critically acclaimed histories. Most recently he worked as Historical Consultant on Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed Dunkirk. His book, Dunkirk: The History behind the Major Motion Picture spent five weeks at the top of the Sunday Times bestseller list.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Shrabani Basu, RAF Museum Ambassador \u2013 Indian journalist and historian who is a Sunday Times best-selling author which include the critically acclaimed: \u2018Victoria and Abdul: The Story of the Queen\u2019s Closest Confident\u2019 (an Oscar nominated film starring Dame Judy Dench and Ali Fazal) and \u2018Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan\u2019.<\/p>\n
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