Tail gunner
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tail-gunner-240-16447982
title:
Tail gunner
text:
A tail 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, or "tail", of the plane. The tail gunner operates a flexible machine gun or autocannon emplacement in the tail end of the aircraft with an unobstructed view toward the rear of the aircraft. While the term tail gunner is usually associated with a crewman inside a gun turret, the first tail guns were operated from open apertures within the
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encyclopedia
description:
Flight crew responsible for operating defensive armament located at the tail of the aircraft
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tail_gunner
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date modified:
2024-04-05T15:46:55Z
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