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10th Dec 2011, 21:23

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Noyade

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He managed to avoid being crushed...

...and became a gunner on Liberators in WWII winning the DFC.

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After becoming an American citizen in 1944, Sabu joined the United States Army Air Forces and served as a tail gunner and ball turret gunner on B-24 Liberators. He flew several dozen missions with the 370th Bomb Squadron of the 307th Bomb Group in the Pacific, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his valor and bravery.[2]

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