bombardier
போம்பார்டியர்
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After World War II begins, Zinn decides to enlist in the Air Force as a bombardier even though his navy yard job would have provided an exemption.
a member of a bomber crew in the US Air Force responsible for sighting and releasing bombs.
Equivalent ranks in the Royal Artillery are lance-bombardier and bombardier, harking back to the ancient rank of bombardier , a species of trained artilleryman.
a rank of noncommissioned officer in certain Canadian and British artillery regiments, equivalent to corporal.
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The former 'bombardier' - now a security guard at the Imperial War Museum North - spent five months in Iraq during the 1991 conflict.
Satisfied that his three navigators were in agreement, the pilot ordered the 'bombardier' to pick out a mean point of impact, synchronize, and drop the bombs.
Harold Ings, 86, a 'bombardier' with the Royal Artillery was one of the soldiers whose unit was surrounded by Germans in occupied France.
Mr Hornby, a 'bombardier' in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, was ordered on a perilous mission while acting as a dispatch rider in Italy.
He was there for eight months, during which he rose to the rank of 'bombardier' .
The navigator wrote down the numbers of the quadrants, read them back, and then got out of the way so the 'bombardier' could set up his racks for the bomb run.
Finally, The 'bombardier' presses a button to release the bomb.
At this time the 'bombardier' instructed Tarcza to activate the bombs.
Another fun vehicle is the bomber, which can seat up to three people - a pilot, a 'bombardier' , and a tailgunner.
The same holds true for the cockpit and 'bombardier' 's position.
Here is where we were assigned to the 96th Bomb Group, except Lewis, the 'bombardier' , who went elsewhere.
The 'bombardier' and navigator were pleased that we had not run into anything but my spirits were low.
That evening I discussed it with our crew's 'bombardier' , Lt. Jim ‘Pot’ Potvin, who agreed that it was worth a try.
He went to navigation, 'bombardier' and observer school at hot and humid Ellington Air Force Base, Texas, near Houston.
The 'bombardier' and the pilot forgot to put on their dark glasses and therefore witnessed the flash which was terrific.
Equivalent ranks in the Royal Artillery are lance-bombardier and bombardier, harking back to the ancient rank of 'bombardier' , a species of trained artilleryman.
Drawing on his experiences as a 'bombardier' during the War, the novel is set among flyers on the Italian front.
While they were doing so, the 'bombardier' looked back to see that the bombs had landed for the most part in a wooded area and along a roadway.
Rather, the aircraft dropped it as a normal bomb, then the 'bombardier' guided its steep descent by radio remote control.
These determined if you were accepted and also had a bearing on what training you would be funneled to - fighter pilot, bomber pilot, navigator or 'bombardier' .
After World War II begins, Zinn decides to enlist in the Air Force as a 'bombardier' even though his navy yard job would have provided an exemption.
At the age of nineteen, Heller enlisted as an air force 'bombardier' in Italy.
The pilot had been knocked unconscious from the explosion and the co-pilot, 'bombardier' , navigator and engineer - believing the pilot was dead - had bailed out.
Cater Lee was the 'bombardier' in Henderson's first crew, where Richard served as a co-pilot.
Lewis served in the 1914-18 war first as a 'bombardier' at Ypres and then as a Canadian war artist.
Crews were being trimmed to nine because they determined it was unnecessary to have a qualified 'bombardier' in every plane in the formation.
Here we were subjected to another physical and now had to take a battery of tests to determine whether we would be pilots, navigators or 'bombardiers' .
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