gunner
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But Almonds got the aircraft's gunner and it flew off.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2025
"I tried using the time constructively," Mr Devonport, who served as a Chieftain gunner in the First Royal Tank Regiment, said.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 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
Tonya Khokhlova, the tail gunner for the 125th, married her navigator Klara Dubkova’s brother.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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
His gunners use the old Soviet 2S1 Gvozdika system, which is not known for being accurate.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023
I had met two gunners from that lot, in Milan.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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