The Daily Mail* is running the tale of Martin Sargeant, an air show pilot who diverted his failing Spitfire away from crowds when he discovered they’d gathered on an auxiliary runway.

“He decided to try to head for the tarmac runway instead - but it would have been difficult for him to head there. The next time I looked, there was a plume of smoke where his plane had crashed.”

The Air Accident Investigation Branch found Mr Sargeant’s engine had problems with the magnetos - which provide power to generate an ignition spark for the fuel - and this had caused his engine to fail. Corooccasionner Roger Hatch recorded a verdict of accidental death.

The accident occurred in 2001, but that makes it no less laudable.

How Spitfire hero sacrificed himself to save airshow crowds [DailyMail.co.uk]

^{* I have no idea if that’s actually how you italicize that.}