Wing Commander Richard Gordon Battensby "Dick" Summers, OBE, AFM (18 October 1921 – 7 May 2017) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as an observer during the Battle of Britain, and was one of the last surviving men known as "The Few".
Summers was born in Beverley, Yorkshire, on 18 October 1921 and was educated at Ermysted's Grammar School in Skipton.
[2] Upon leaving school aged 18, Summers joined the Royal Air Force (RAF).
After the battle he joined the Ferry Pool and Defence Flight at Takoradi, West Africa.
To avoid being captured he walked 48 miles barefoot before taking to the sea, where he was picked up by a passing British merchantman.