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A Waist Gunner in a USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress, 1943Tupolev Tu-95 tail gun position with 23 mm AM-23 autocannon
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.[1] Modern aircraft weapons are usually operated automatically without the need for a dedicated air gunner, but older generation (World War II and earlier) bombers used to carry up to eight air gunners.
Most modern air gunners are helicopter door gunners, who typically have other primary roles such as crew chief or observer in addition to their air gunner role. Others fly as members of aircrews on gunships, where their duties may include loading guns or manually firing them if computer systems fail.
^"Aerial gunner". The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. Oxford University Press. 2002. ISBN 9780199891580. Retrieved 12 February 2024. Aerial gunner - a U.S. Air Force enlisted specialty assigned to personnel trained to operate flexible guns mounted on aircraft.
An airgunner or aerial gunner is a member of a military aircrew who operates flexible-mount or turret-mounted machine guns or autocannons in an aircraft...
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...
The AirGunner's and Flight Engineer's badge (German: Fliegerschützenabzeichen für Bordschützen und Bordmechaniker) was a German military decoration awarded...
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...
A dorsal gunner, mid-upper gunner or top gunner is an airgunner responsible for operating a gun position or turret located on the upper (dorsal) fuselage...
airgunners, wireless operators and flight engineers who served with the Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Royal Australian Air Force...
time of impact. Sergeant Andrew Jack, the aircraft's Wireless Operator/AirGunner, survived. Jack recovered from the injuries he sustained in the accident...
The Rear Gunner is a 1943 American short instructional film, directed by Ray Enright and produced by Warner Brothers. Previously, Warner Bros. had produced...
(Combined AirGunner, Radio Operator and Flight Engineer Badge). It was a German military decoration awarded to radio operators, airgunners, and mechanics...
Co-pilot Airgunner, crew member responsible for the operation of defensive weapons, for example gun turrets. Specific positions include nose gunner, door...
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...
that gunners were later provided with a special all-in-one garment, a 'parasuit', nicknamed the "rhino suit". Frederick "Gus" Platts, an airgunner who...
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...
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...
The much faster V-1 was overtaking the Avenger when the Telegraphist AirGunner in the dorsal turret, Leading Airman Fred Shirmer, fired at it from 700...
Telegraphist Air Gunner Training Squadron, part of No. 2 Telegraphist AirGunner School based at R.N. Air Section Yarmouth, Canada. 743 Naval Air Squadron formed...
Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" is a five-line poem by Randall Jarrell published in 1945. The poem is about the death of a gunner in a Sperry ball turret...
distinct from remote-controlled turrets also in use. The turret held the gunner, two heavy machine guns, ammunition, and sights. The Sperry Corporation...
increasing number of Allied bombings, it was also awarded to civilians wounded in air raids. It was awarded when the wound was the result of enemy hostile action...
Naval Air Squadron (756 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm. It was initially formed as a Telegraphist AirGunner Training...
"Dinny" Dinsdale". flying for your life. The Canadian Fighter Pilot & AirGunner Museum. Retrieved 18 February 2023. "HMS NITH Ship No 327 (River Class...
together: Royal Air Force Flying Officer B.E. Bell (pilot); Flying Officer H.D. Clark (airgunner); Sergeant J. Holden (wireless operator/airgunner); Sergeant...
Infield-Hopping Out of the Shadow (1961) - Mark Kingston On the Fiddle (1961) - AirGunner What a Whopper (1961) - Vernon Clash by Night (1963) - Martin Lord The...
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