Of the many heroic deeds we can quote - This one I especially recall
April 1944 - Returning from a raid on Germany Flt/Sgt N Jackson was a crew member of a Lancaster attacked by a German night fighter that left the
bomber with an engine on fire. Flt/Sgt Jackson crawled onto the wing
of the Lanc flying at 200 mph with a fire exinguisher tucked into his flying
jacket to extinguish the fire - with only his parachute cords trailed out to comrades in the a/c offering any form of safety.
Sadly his gallant efforts were unable to save the a/c but he survived the war as a POW and later awarded the VC.