Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross

''It wasn''t until after he was safely back in the aircraft again that I heard that he''d actually been out on the wing to try to put the fire out ... Remember that we were flying at about 90 miles an hour at a height of 13,000 feet''
Squadron Leader RP Widdowson on Sergeant James Ward, who earned his VC in 1941

The Victoria Cross, awarded to the most courageous and determined servicemen, is the hi...