Kevin Winterbottom
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1955 –
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Who is Kevin Winterbottom?
Kevin Roy Winterbottom was a South African Air Force pilot who chose to avoid crashing his stricken Impala jet aircraft in the Monument Park suburb of Pretoria by remaining with his aircraft to the end. He was posthumously awarded the 25th Honoris Crux decoration for bravery, the first such award for gallantry outside battle. The HC was at the time South Africa's highest military decoration that could be awarded in peacetime.
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