gunner
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Donald Howkins, from Buckingham, served as a gunner in the Middlesex Regiment and helped waterproof vehicles and ammunition for the Normandy invasion before landing at Gold Beach.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
Donald became a gunner in the Middlesex Regiment.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024
“Church spire is gone,” says the second gunner.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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
The Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run ride requires riders taking up different roles, with two gunners, engineers and a pair of pilots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
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
Sure enough, from the dark sky came a yellow flare, a signal from the German plane to let the gunners on the ground know he was up there.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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