The bravest act I ever heard of
WZ662,
Your understanding is completely correct.
I happened by coincidence to be in the Safety Equipment ( seats etc ) bay, Dunsfold, when the telex came through that a Harrier T4 from Wittering had crashed.
It turned out a female student, reckoned to be the first woman RAF fast jet pilot, and an instructor had been flying at around 250', 400+ kts.
They had a birdstike, which took out the instructors' windscreen, along with his intercom, eyes and jaw ( teeth down his throat ).
He couldn't communicate with his passenger, so could only hope she followed her briefing - the traditional " I'll say eject 3 times, the last one you hear will be an echoe ! "
He banged out, luckily she followed.
The aircraft went down in a cornfield, setting fire to it.
He landed OK but badly injured & blind, but she landed in the fire, with broken legs / thighs.
He could hear her screaming, and walked deliberately into the fire, despite being blinded, just homing on her sound, and managed to drag her to safety.
He got some sort of award, but to my mind this is V.C. Material...
All I can remember is the guy's name is Ashley - may be wrong; whoever it was, ' Well Done' is the understatement of the century.