HOW good it was to read about the memorial plaque honour for Mr Jack Potter, acknowledging the part played by him and others in the RAF in the Dunkirk evacuation.

So many times when the story is told, even in films, the words 'where was the RAF?' are written or spoken.

Like Jack, they were unseen high above the clouds, out at sea attacking German fighters who were bombing the soldiers in the little ships and the destroyers waiting to pick them up.

Also from early May 1940 my brother, aged 20, and fellow crew members were hastily trained and sent out on so-called 'suicide missions' - because they were in daylight.

They were in antiquated bombers to destroy bridges, railways and German convoys and did anything to stop their advance so that the evacuation of Dunkirk could go ahead.

After five consecutive daylight raids, my brother's plane crashed killing all the crew near a little village in France called Brissey.

The villagers erected a plaque to honour them and they are remembered each year.

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