This year marks the 75^th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and tomorrow, September 15^th, was the day when the tide of the summer-long battle of 1940 finally turned, causing Germany to abandon its plans to invade Britain.

September 15^th, known as Battle of Britain day, was pivotal to the struggle because so ferocious was the British (and allied) defence of these islands and so heavy the destruction of German bombers, particularly on that day, that Hitler was forcefully persuaded to reconsider his strategy.

So, as you go about your daily business tomorrow, pause for a moment and spare a thought for those brave young men of the RAF (the average age of a Battle of Britain pilot was 20) who fought for the freedom of their country and who, in many cases, made the ultimate sacrifice.

At the time, Winston Churchill was moved to say, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”. We still owe them and we must never forget them.