Red Arrows pilots descended on Grimsby's St Andrew's Hospice to make a donation of £5,000 for a special children's bed. The Top Guns were given a tour of Andy's Children's Hospice, which serves the whole of Lincolnshire, Hull and East Riding. Poorly children, their families and staff thanked the pilots and fund raisers from The Red Arrows Trust.
Their thousands of fans helped raise money for good causes, such as Andy's, by buying merchandise at air displays. There will be a Red Arrows stall when the team take part in the Armed Forces Weekend at Cleethorpes on June 29. To mark the squadron's 60th anniversary, they will perform a Diamond Nine display, which has not been done for a number of years.
The display at Cleethorpes is the closest air display the team perform at, taking just six minutes to fly from their base at RAF Waddington. Huge crowds are expected in Cleethorpes for their tribute to the Armed Forces. Red Arrows RAF Acrobatic Team Doug Smith and Adam Collins with Elliot Hunneysett, 11 and Clara Charlton, 6 during their visit to St Andrew's Hospice where they met children and opened the new Red Arrows room (Image: Donna Clifford/GrimsbyLive) Ahead of the display, Air Vice-Marshal, Gary Waterfall, of the Trust and Wing Commander Adam Collins, the officer Commanding of The Red Arrows and Squadron leader, Doug Smith, the Chief of Staff met with children in Andy's.
They officially unveiled the new bed which was bought with the £5,000 donation. Wing Commander Collins sa.