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
Kathryn Jean Holt was about 20, playing the marimba at an Orange County USO dance, when she met Richard Koch, an Air Force bombardier and soon-to-be medical student.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
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
The navigator also acted as bombardier, releasing the bombs over the target.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
