gunner
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Mr Morris joined the Army at the age of 17 and during the war served as an anti-aircraft gunner in the Royal Artillery.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
In another, she wrote: "My Harvey, life is never gunner be the same. Love you so much."
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2025
Although more accustomed to playing out wide as a gunner, he didn’t blink at lining up at a position more often occupied by bigger linebackers, or sometimes even linemen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2024
Eighth Air Force and served as a radio gunner on a B-17, the massive bomber known as the Flying Fortress.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
“What happened wasn’t really his fault. His family probably even knows that by now. The war made a lot of men go funny. You knew he was a gunner, didn’t you?”
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
The teenagers are just a few years younger than the pilots, navigators, air gunners, and wireless operators whose names and ages are recorded on the headstones.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2024
Some Ukrainian gunners have told reporters they were only allowed to fire three shells per night.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2024
It would be highly unusual for tanks to be parked in the open, where they make easy targets for enemy gunners, they said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
The Wildcats aren’t going to be too uncomfortable in this neutral-court setting, and some of their gunners might embrace the situation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
When Yossarian plugged his headset into one of the auxiliary jackboxes, the two gunners in the rear section of the plane were both singing “La Cucaracha.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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