bombardier
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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
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
His bombardier and first real friend in the service, Danny Shapiro, was later shot down on another plane and held as a prisoner of war for a year.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
“He doesn’t answer, he doesn’t answer. Help the bombardier, help the bombardier.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
