They Ordered Him to Protect London — He Flew Alone Into a Swarm of Bombers Instead скачать в хорошем качестве

They Ordered Him to Protect London — He Flew Alone Into a Swarm of Bombers Instead

On October 15th, 1940, Flight Lieutenant James Brindley Nicolson faced an impossible choice. Twenty-three German bombers were heading for London, and he was the only RAF pilot in position to stop them. His orders were clear: wait for backup. But waiting meant those bombers would reach their targets unopposed. What happened next earned Nicolson the only Victoria Cross ever awarded to an RAF fighter pilot in World War II—but not for shooting down enemy aircraft. It was for what he did after his Hurricane caught fire. This is the story of a pilot who understood that sometimes protecting the innocent means ignoring orders, facing impossible odds, and being willing to burn.