The Rear Gunner is a 1943 American short instructional film, directed by Ray Enright and produced by Warner Brothers. Previously, Warner Bros. had produced... 8 KB (969 words) - 13:57, 12 April 2024 |
gunner or rear gunner is a crewman on a military aircraft who functions as a gunner defending against enemy fighter or interceptor attacks from the rear... 28 KB (3,464 words) - 15:46, 5 April 2024 |
Ilyushin Il-2 (redirect from Pilots of the IL-2) forced the reintroduction of a rear gunner; early Il-2s were field modified by cutting a hole in the fuselage behind the cockpit for a gunner sitting... 60 KB (7,848 words) - 06:49, 23 March 2024 |
NS-23 cannons in the wings and a 20 mm cannon for the rear gunner. Il-10 production ended in 1949, after a run of 4,600 aircraft; in the last two years... 25 KB (3,445 words) - 13:25, 15 April 2024 |
RAF Bomber Command aircrew of World War II (category Military units and formations of the Royal Air Force) operator/air gunner and an air gunner in a power-operated rear-mounted turret in the tail section of the aircraft, the "rear gunner". The Whitley-equipped... 94 KB (12,351 words) - 05:37, 14 March 2023 |
Shigeo Ishizuka with Petty Officer Third Class Masayoshi Kawazoe as the rear gunner/observer (Werneth, p. 66). Both were killed. Sixteen survivors from... 170 KB (23,242 words) - 08:13, 23 April 2024 |
Junkers Ju 87 (category Pages using the Phonos extension) were introduced to give the rear gunner a better field of fire. The main, and what was to be the most distinctive, feature of the Ju 87 was its double-spar... 135 KB (19,341 words) - 09:09, 22 April 2024 |
Burgess Meredith (category People of the United States Office of War Information) and education films for the U.S. armed forces. In 1943 he performed in the USAAF's recruiting short The Rear Gunner and the U.S. Army training film A... 53 KB (3,541 words) - 20:40, 24 April 2024 |
Armoured Corps in Afghanistan, The Rear Gunner in a Leopard 1 Armoured Recovery Vehicle (Taurus) was often referred to as the "Trunk Monkey" "Trunk Monkey... 3 KB (374 words) - 15:36, 14 January 2024 |
with fabric. The crew of four was placed in an open central nacelle (front gunner, two pilots and rear gunner-mechanic). The rear gunner manned upper... 5 KB (606 words) - 13:58, 15 May 2023 |