gunner

Example Sentences

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Dougie Shelley joined the Royal Navy at the age of 17, serving as a seaman gunner, and said earlier this year: "There is not many of us left."

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025

She had already begun a budding romance with Ron, an RAF gunner, but believed she had been rejected when his letters went unanswered.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024

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

Ivan, as the tail gunner in a Pe-2, had a job that was probably even more harrowing than the pilot’s or the navigator’s.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein