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bombardier

[bom-ber-deer, -buh-] / ˌbɒm bərˈdɪər, -bə- /
NOUN
bomber
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Air Force tasked Edward Ruppelt, a wartime bombardier, with gathering and analyzing pilots’ reports for a program called Project Blue Book.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Dana Andrews is a decorated bombardier who returns to the same soda fountain job he held before the war, discovering that military heroism doesn’t necessarily translate into peacetime opportunity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Robert spent 10 years in the Royal Horse Artillery after signing up in 2006, working as an artilleryman firing guns and then being promoted to bombardier.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025

Charles V. Carlson, a badly wounded bombardier whose B-17 Flying Fortress had been shot down over Stambruges, Belgium, in October 1943.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2022

The military was going to make him a bombardier.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand


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