Last Man Out

His life. Or the man beside him. Sergeant Ron Wade had seven seconds to choose.On the night of 16 January 1941, twenty-three-year-old Ron was about to jump from a burning Whitley bomber over the Dutch coast. Then he saw his navigator coming up the fuselage, parachute and harness in his hands, unable to put them on. The aircraft was on fire. The silk was on fire. The North Sea was below.Ron turned ...