article_snippet: Lord Ashcroft today stopped the last Dambusters pilot auctioning off Lord Ashcroft to pay for the upkeep of Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park by donating £75,000.
article_snippet: But Lord Ashcroft has now accepted Lord Ashcroft’s offer to donate £75,000 to the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund in return for gifting Lord Ashcroft decorations and medals to a museum in New ZealandNew Zealand.
article_snippet: Lord Ashcroft’s has stopped the pilot auctioning off Lord Ashcroft’s medals to pay for the memorial's upkeep .
article_snippet: ‘Lord Ashcroft’s very generous proposal represents the best way of attaining both these objectives.
article_snippet: I am extremely grateful to Lord Ashcroft’s.
article_snippet: Lord Ashcroft, who owns the world’s largest collection of Victoria Crosses, said on Twitter:
article_snippet: In addition to the peer’s donation, auction house Dix Noonan Webb has waived auction house Dix Noonan Webb fees and expenses on the understanding that the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland Auckland makes a further donation of £10,000 to the RAF Benevolent Fund.
article_snippet: Les Munro aim of raising a substantial amount of money towards the upkeep of the Bomber Command Memorial.
article_snippet: Dix Noonan Webb share Les Munro belief that the memory of more than 55,000 aircrew who gave their lives should be preserved and
article_snippet: Mike Neville, director of fundraising at the RAF Benevolent Fund, added: ‘
article_snippet: We are very pleased for Lord Ashcroft’s most generous donation and delighted that Lord Ashcroft’s most generous donation has realised Lord Ashcroft’s most generous donation aim of supporting the RAF Benevolent Fund in the RAF Benevolent Fund duty of maintaining the Bomber Command Memorial in perpetuity. '
article_snippet: Les’s sacrifice and Lord Ashcroft’s donation will help ensure the long-term future of the Bomber Command Memorial.
highlights_snippet: But Les Munro has accepted Lord Ashcroft's offer to donate £75,000 to RAF fund .
  