gunner
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"The others had half wings – one was an observer and the other a rear gunner."
From BBC ● May 5, 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
Mr Dennett, a Navy gunner from Wallesey, Merseyside, told the King how he was "grateful" to be alive after so many young men died fighting during the war.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024
Fie turned out to be Jamaican—a rear gunner in the RAF, shot down last week—perhaps they’d been hoping to get Allied invasion plans out of him?
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Russian businesses are leasing air-defense systems, building their own and hiring gunners to shoot down incoming drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Some Ukrainian gunners have told reporters they were only allowed to fire three shells per night.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2024
The gunners here are very pleased with their newly-arrived Paladins donated by western partners.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023
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 vessel could hold about 200 sailors, some 185 soldiers, from 20 to 30 gunners, and a large number of specialists such as archers, trumpeters, and various officers.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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