Courage

[Carruthers]

The brave pilots who flew the aircraft such as the unarmed photo recce Spitfires were the best of the best, but they’d have training and time to understand what was required of them and how to extricate themselves with the best chances of survival when the chips were down.

What interests me is what motivates someone who suddenly finds himself in the most dire of circumstances, to risk his life in the course of saving someone else’s.
Is it some deep seated instinct to ‘do the right thing’ ?
Perhaps it is not wanting to have the fate of another on their conscience for the rest of their lives. Whatever it is, I take my hat off to them.