Officers from RAF Marham stepped in to help a pensioner in Australia pay a touching tribute to his childhood friend. Tony Marche sent a letter to the West Norfolk airbase all the way from his home in Queensland, asking for help laying some flowers on the grave of Flt Lt Leslie Hawkins and members of his crew. The 89-year-old included £25 to pay for the flowers, writing: “I hope this is enough.” Radar navigator Flt Lt Hawkins was tragically killed in May 1964, aged just 30, when the RAF Valiant he was on board crashed and exploded in Lincolnshire. In his letter, Mr Marche said: “Leslie and I we…