| 21. | Raffe was a wireless-operator / air gunner in a Lockheed Hudson bomber based at Reykjavik, Iceland, to hunt German submarines.
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| 22. | His brother, Ronald, was killed on 14 January 1944, while serving as an air gunner in No . 166 Squadron.
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| 23. | Air Gunners advanced from basic training at a Manning Depot to a 12-week gunnery course at Bombing and Gunnery School.
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| 24. | During his career he flew 1, 490 combat missions as a radio operator and air gunner, and claimed seven aerial victories.
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| 25. | At 17, Millett joined the National Guard and then enlisted in the Army Air Corps as an air gunner in 1940.
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| 26. | Johnson did not make the required grade during his pilot training and as a consequence he opted to become an air gunner.
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| 27. | Leading Aircraftman Gravell, who was under training as a wireless air gunner, managed to extricate himself from the wreckage and get clear.
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| 28. | As an Air Gunner he was posted to No . 141 Squadron RAF to fly in Blenheims before the squadron converted to Defiants.
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| 29. | After successfully completing the air gunner training successfully he was awarded a brass'Winged Bullet', worn upon the right sleeve of his RAF tunic.
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| 30. | By 1944 the RAF Training Command was also receiving qualified Navigators, Bomb Aimers and Air Gunners from the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
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