MALCOLM SUTHERLAND is the nephew of Wing Commander R.E.P. Brooker. Inspired by stories of his late uncle from his mother, Peter Brooker’s sister, Malcolm joined the RAF at the age of 16 in 1967 with a Flying Scholarship and University Cadetship to train as a pilot. As a result of a serious accident, becoming an RAF pilot became impossible and Malcolm took a medical discharge, but he has never lost his interest in military aviation and the RAF. As the custodian of his uncle’s memorabilia, he has carefully researched Peter Brooker’s RAF service and life, for his family and posterity’s sake. He challenges the account of Peter’s disappearance written by a fellow pilot that his mother and sisters had relied on. Malcolm tells his uncle’s story, one of quiet, sustained courage, responsibility and leadership and of a person who never sought but deserved the limelight.