TY  - BOOK
ED  - Sebastopol Project,.
TI  - On courage: stories of Victoria Cross and George Cross holders 
SN  - 9781472129208 (hbk.) :
AV  - DA28 
U1  - 941.0099 ON 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Constable
KW  - Heroes
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Victoria Cross
KW  - George Cross
KW  - History
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - A collection of twenty-eight moving and inspirational stories of valour displayed by recipients of the Victoria Cross and George Cross. From RAF flight engineer Norman Jackson, who climbed out onto the wing of a Lancaster bomber in flight to put out a fire, using a twisted parachute as a rope, on the night his first child was born; children's writer turned Assistant Section Officer Noor Inayat-Khan, who was the first female operator to infiltrate occupied France and refused to abandon what had become the most dangerous post in the country; to Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer Tom Crean, who struck out alone for a supply depot during Captain Scott's expedition to the South Pole to save the life of his ailing companion, these courageous men and women are an inspiration to us all
ER  -