THE Royal Air Force’s most senior figure will come to Kent this summer to pay tribute to the brave airmen of the Battle of Britain

Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy, Chief of the Air Staff, will be present at the annual tribute to The Few at Capel-le-Ferne on Sunday, July 6.

He will join veterans of the 1940 aerial fighting at an open air service and parade at the National Battle of Britain Memorial on the clifftops between Folkestone and Dover.

The event will mark the 15th anniversary of the unveiling of the memorial by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

Group Captain Patrick Tootal, secretary of the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust, said: “Every year in July we pay tribute not only to the men of RAF Fighter Command, ‘The Few’, who were at the forefront of preventing a possible German invasion, but also to the many men and women who supported them and thereby ensured that we all live in freedom today.

“With the 15th anniversary of the National Memorial in mind, as well as the 90th anniversary of the founding of the RAF, we are hoping for a particularly large attendance of members of the public.”

Admission to the service and parade is free. Further details will be announced nearer the time.