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Norman Tunna

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    Norman Tunna, George Cross for gallantry during a raid on the Liverpool port area. Tunna, a 32-year-old railway shunter, of Birkenhead, saw two incendiaries burning on an open wagon load of 250-Ib bombs which were covered only by a waterproof sheet. With a total disregard of danger, he tore off the waterproof sheet and sprayed water over the bombs to cool them. Then he extinguished the incendiaries and removed them from the truck. "We really had no time to feel scared," he modestly explained, "because of the excitement.”

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