bombardier

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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

The bombardier stood or knelt down at the nose of the plane and was in charge of releasing the bombs.

From Fox News • Sep. 16, 2021

Tibbets’s bombardier, Thomas Ferebee, pressed his left eye against his bombsight, giving him a magnified view of the city below.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin