An air gunner or aerial gunner is a member of a military aircrew who operates flexible-mount or turret-mounted machine guns or autocannons in an aircraft...
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Look up Gunner, Gunners, gunner, or gunners in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gunner, the Gunner, Gunners or the Gunners may refer to: Gunner Bay, Bermuda...
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A dorsal gunner, mid-upper gunner or top gunner is an air gunner responsible for operating a gun position or turret located on the upper (dorsal) fuselage...
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The Aerial Gunner Badge was a military aeronautical badge of the United States Army Air Forces and was issued during the Second World War. The badge was...
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A tail gunner or rear gunner is a crewman on a military aircraft who functions as a gunner defending against enemy fighter or interceptor attacks from...
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time of impact. Sergeant Andrew Jack, the aircraft's Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, survived. Jack recovered from the injuries he sustained in the accident...
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The Air Gunner's and Flight Engineer's badge (German: Fliegerschützenabzeichen für Bordschützen und Bordmechaniker) was a German military decoration awarded...
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RAF Bomber Command aircrew of World War II (category Military units and formations of the Royal Air Force)
air gunners, wireless operators and flight engineers who served with the Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Royal Australian Air Force...
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Gunner (born c. August 1941) was a male kelpie dog who became notable for his reliability to accurately alert Allied air force personnel that Japanese...
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Boulton Paul Defiant (section Air combat)
that gunners were later provided with a special all-in-one garment, a 'parasuit', nicknamed the "rhino suit". Frederick "Gus" Platts, an air gunner who...
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The Rear Gunner is a 1943 American short instructional film, directed by Ray Enright and produced by Warner Brothers. Previously, Warner Bros. had produced...
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Radio Operator Badge (redirect from Air Radio Operator & Air Gunner badge)
(Combined Air Gunner, Radio Operator and Flight Engineer Badge). It was a German military decoration awarded to radio operators, air gunners, and mechanics...
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Bleaklow Bomber (category Accidents and incidents involving United States Air Force aircraft)
The Bleaklow Bomber was a US Air Force (USAF) Boeing RB-29A Superfortress that crashed near Higher Shelf Stones on Bleaklow in the Peak District in 1948...
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together: Royal Air Force Flying Officer B.E. Bell (pilot); Flying Officer H.D. Clark (air gunner); Sergeant J. Holden (wireless operator/air gunner); Sergeant...
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Bibliography 1749-2000 Chapman, R. "Research Note: The Gloveless Ghost of Air Gunner Stoker and Pilot Officer Douglas Worley's Apparent Premonition of Death:...
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The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF; Māori: Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa) is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed...
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Infield-Hopping Out of the Shadow (1961) - Mark Kingston On the Fiddle (1961) - Air Gunner What a Whopper (1961) - Vernon Clash by Night (1963) - Martin Lord The...
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John Hannah (VC) (category Royal Air Force personnel of World War II)
was wireless operator/air gunner, was subjected to intense anti-aircraft fire, starting a fire which spread quickly. The rear gunner and navigator had to...
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The much faster V-1 was overtaking the Avenger when the Telegraphist Air Gunner in the dorsal turret, Leading Airman Fred Shirmer, fired at it from 700...
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pairs of eyes per aircraft. However, the weight of a powered turret and air gunner imposed performance penalties. The RAF put the Defiant into service in...
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Luftstreitkräfte (redirect from German Army Air Service)
and enlisted men. Among them were Gottfried Ehmann, the highest scoring air gunner of the war (12 victories). About 391 German pilots are credited with shooting...
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Bombardier (aircrew) (redirect from Bombardier (air force))
flight sergeant) or warrant officer; like wireless operators, air engineers and air gunners, all officer bomb aimers were commissioned from the ranks after...
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August 1920 – 20 December 1943): tail gunner Sgt. Lloyd H. Jennings (22 February 1922 – 3 October 2016): left waist gunner Sgt. Alex "Russian" Yelesanko (31...
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Telegraphist Air Gunner Training Squadron, part of No. 2 Telegraphist Air Gunner School based at R.N. Air Section Yarmouth, Canada. 743 Naval Air Squadron formed...
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aircrew or groundcrew stream. Aircrew "Wireless Air Gunner" candidates went directly to a Wireless School. "Air Observer" and "Pilot" aircrew candidates went...
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Cross presented to Göring (personally by Hitler) was destroyed during an air raid on his Berlin home. Göring had extra copies made, one of them with a...
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full military honours at Brookwood Military Cemetery, 16 November 1979. Air Gunner Boulton Paul Defiant; Plt Off I G Shaw MIA. Lost control following collision...
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Denholm Elliott (category Royal Air Force airmen)
'" In the Second World War, he joined the Royal Air Force, training as a wireless operator/air gunner and serving with No. 76 Squadron RAF under the command...
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Václav Robert Bozděch (category Non-British Royal Air Force personnel of World War II)
February 1980 in Devon) was a Czech air gunner of World War II. He was a British Royal Air Force (RAF) squadron gunner and commander of training centers...
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