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unusual facts about Gunner



25th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing

A large B-66 analog electronic flight-crew simulator built by Curtis Wright was very useful for checkout of the flight deck crew: pilot, navigator/camera operator, and gunner.

Albert Gregory

As an Air Gunner he was posted to No. 141 Squadron RAF to fly in Blenheims before the squadron converted to Defiants.

AMR 33

There was a crew of two: the driver to the left next to the engine and the tank commander/gunner behind him in the turret which was armed with a 7.5 mm Reibel machine gun.

Andries Stockenström

In September 1781 Anders Stockenström sailed from Texel as a quarter-gunner aboard a VOC ship, ’t Zeepaard.

Archibald Mathies

On January 19, 1944, he was assigned to the 510th Bomb Squadron, 351st Bomb Group, based at RAF Polebrook, England, as an Engineer-Gunner.

Arsenal-Delanne 10

This arrangement gave the gunner a clear field of fire for his planned armament of two 7.5 mm machine guns, which was to be supplemented by a 20 mm cannon firing through the propellor hub and two more machine guns in the wing.

Arthur Guy Empey

He left the United States at the end of 1915 frustrated at its neutrality in the conflict at that point and travelled to London, England, where he joined the 1st London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), Territorial Force, of the British Army, going on to serve with it in the 56th (London) Infantry Division on the Western Front as a bomber and a machine-gunner.

Arthur William Hammond

Flying with 2 Squadron RFC he was credited with five victories as an observer/gunner flying the Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 biplane.

Bojer's skink

It occurs in patches of the Black River Gorges National Park and on some off-shore islands of Mauritius including Ilot Vacoas, Round Island, Serpent Island, Ilot Gabriel, Pigeon Rock, Flat Island, Gunner’s Quoin, Ile aux Aigrettes, and Ile de la Passe.

Brandi Brandt

From 1989–1996, she was married to Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, with whom she had three children, Gunner, Decker and Storm.

Captain's daughter

The Cat o' nine tails, a multi-tailed instrument of corporal punishment; compare gunner's daughter

Coats of arms of U.S. Air Defense Artillery Regiments

Most are the work of Master Gunner and Master Sergeant Edward C. Kuhn (March 29, 1872 – September 4, 1948), who designed the first authorized coats of arms and distinctive unit insignia for the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, Engineer Corps, Cavalry, Infantry, National Guard and other branches.

Don Estelle

He eventually landed the role of Gunner "Lofty" Sugden in the 1970s British sitcom, It Ain't Half Hot Mum.

Edmund Phipps-Hornby

The following men were also awarded the Victoria Cross in the same action: Lieutenant Francis Maxwell (VC, CSI, DSO & Bar), Sergeant Charles Parker (VC), Gunner Isaac Lodge (VC) and Driver Horace Glasock (VC).

Ernest Martin Jehan

While sailing off the coast of Great Yarmouth on 14 August 1915, Gunner Jehan received news that a merchant ship, the Bona Fide, of 59 tons, had been stopped by the German submarine UB-4 and subsequently scuttled with explosives by a boarding party.

Fazal Din

He was recruited as a rifleman and section gunner in the Baluch Regiment.

Fernand Jacquet

When not flying combat missions in a two-seater, he would rove the roads near the front in an automobile with a mounted Lewis machine gun; his gunner was none other than Joseph-Phillippe-Francois de Riquet, Prince de Chimay.

Frank Mellish

During World War I, he served in South-West Africa as a gunner with the Cape Town Highlanders in the South African Heavy Artillery from 1914 to 1915.

Glenn Andreotta

Serving as a crew chief aboard an OH-23 Raven observation helicopter, his pilot was Warrant Officer One Hugh Thompson, Jr. and his door-gunner was Specialist Four Lawrence Colburn, both of whom would also be acclaimed for their heroism at My Lai.

Gordon Pritchard

Pritchard joined the Royal Armoured Corps in 1992 aged 18, and was assigned as a gunner to a tank squadron based in Warminster.

Gun laying

An example of the practical approach are the trials conducted by William Eldred, Master Gunner at Dover Castle, in 1613, 1617 and 1622 with various types of guns (Whole culverin, Demy culverin, Saker & Falcon).

Jack Lopresti

He has also served in the Territorial Army in the 266 Battery, Royal Artillery as a gunner, serving with the 29 Commando for a year, which culminated in a 5 month tour in Afghanistan.

Jean-François Tartu

After enlisting in the French Royal Navy, Tartu was appointed as master gunner on the frigate Fortunée, under Bernard de Marigny.

John Howard Umney

They would stay teamed for five more wins; Umney also scored twice as a gunner for Frank George Gibbons and another time for O.S. Harris.

Kenley

Hammond Innes' book Attack Alarm was based on his experiences as a Royal Artillery anti-aircraft gunner at RAF Kenley during the Battle of Britain.

Laughlin Air Force Base

He became Del Rio's first World War II casualty when the plane he was flying in (most likely as a waist gunner for the mission) was lost at sea, having succumbed to damage received over the Makassar Strait on 29 (or 28) January 1942.

Lawrence Colburn

Serving as a door-gunner on an OH-23 Raven observation helicopter, his crew chief was Specialist Four Glenn Andreotta and his pilot was Warrant Officer One Hugh Thompson, Jr..

Marble Church, Bodelwyddan

Five Canadian soldiers were killed in the disturbances, four of whom were buried in St Margaret's Churchyard, with the fifth, Gunner John Frederick Hickman, being buried in Dorchester, New Brunswick.

McKessock

Stanley McKessock (born 1924), Scottish World War II Royal Navy gunner

Naval Ops: Commander

In the opening cutscene, a World War II-era destroyer similar to its predecessor, Naval Ops: Warship Gunner.

Naval Ops: Warship Gunner

John Birmingham's Axis of Time Trilogy begins in a manner similar to Warship Gunner's opening scene.

Northamptonshire Yeomanry

It was during Operation Totalize that Joe Ekins a Sherman Tank gunner of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry gained recognition for killing the renowned German tank commander, Michael Wittmann, the 4th top scoring tank ace in history, on August 8, 1944 near St. Aignan de Cramesnil, France.

Paul Travis

A few months later he was sent to France, to a base outside Le Mans, where he trained as a machine gunner.

Phil Heath

On October 20, 2013, during the Countdown to Bound for Glory pre-show "Mr. Olympia" Phil Heath made his TNA debut, accompanying The BroMans (Jessie Godderz and Robbie E) to the ring for their tag team gauntlet match, which they won and later on in the night, accompanied them to their TNA World Tag Team Championship match against Gunner and James Storm.

Prize money

One eighth was divided among the wardroom warrant officers (surgeon, purser, and chaplain), standing warrant officers (carpenter, boatswain, and gunner), lieutenant of marines, and the master's mates.

RAF Kenley

Hammond Innes' book Attack Alarm, published in 1941, was based on his experiences as a Royal Artillery anti-aircraft gunner at RAF Kenley during the Battle of Britain.

Short Knuckleduster

In addition to the enclosed cockpit in which the pilot and the navigator sat side by side, there was a gunner's cockpit in the bow, stations for the engineer and radio operator and a navigator station with a chart-table, sighting ports and two folding bunks.

SS Hong Moh

Captain Evans of Carlisle, along with Lieutenant-Commander Ion Tower and Gunner John G. Dewar where awarded the Board of Trade Silver Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, while Leading Seaman W. G. Eldrett and Able Seaman A. E. Whitehead received the award in Bronze.

Sultan Muhammad Akbar

Niccolao Manucci, an Italian gunner in the Mughal army, says: "for this campaign, Aurangzeb put in pledge the whole of his kingdom." Three separate armies, under Aurangzeb's sons Akbar, Azam and Muazzam, penetrated the Aravalli hills from different directions.

The BroMans

On the Countdown to Bound for Glory Pre-show The BroMans (Jessie Godderz and Robbie E) with "Mr. Olympia" Phil Heath defeated Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez, Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian) and Eric Young and Joseph Park to earn a TNA World Tag Team Championship match on the Pay-per view, The Bro Mans defeated Storm and Gunner to win the TNA World Tag Team Championships.

Tony Capstick

First son of Joe Capstick, a rear gunner in the RAF, and his wife, June, nee Duncan,he was born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, and spent most of his childhood in Swinton, near Mexborough, also in South Yorkshire, and for over thirty years he was a presenter on BBC Radio Sheffield.

Ty Carter

In October 2010, Carter was assigned as a Stryker gunner with the 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Uday Singh Taunque

On, December 1, 2003, Singh was serving as the gunner in the lead Humvee of his platoon while on reconnaissance mission in Habbaniyah.

Valentin Schweiger

In 2012 he had a small role in his fathers film Schutzengel, he played the machine gunner at the end of the film shoothing at the house.


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