bombardier
noun
bom·bar·dier
ˌbäm-bə-ˈdir 
-bər-
1
a
archaic
: artilleryman
b
: a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
2
: a bomber-crew member who releases the bombs
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During raids, American crews of ten—including a pilot, co-pilot, navigator, radio operator, bombardier and gunners—engaged in daylight precision bombing, focusing on strategic targets like German aircraft factories, ball-bearing plants and U-boat pens.
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
Eighty-two years ago today, when Japan made the surprise raid that plunged the U.S. into World War II, Armstrong’s father, Jack, was an Army Air Corps bombardier at Oahu’s Hickam Field, and his mother, Audrey, was a Red Cross nurse.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2023
Hers was a bombardier who was shot down twice and earned a purple heart.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2023
In the case of the bombardier beetles, between 35 and 57 percent of the toads threw up within 50 minutes on average, ensuring the survival of the regurgitated beetles for at least two weeks after being swallowed.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Oct. 2023
The Airmen consisted of nearly 1,000 Black pilots—along with more than 10,000 engineers, bombardiers, navigators and others—who trained at the segregated Tuskegee Army Air Field in Tuskegee, Alabama, though some went to other locations, including Michigan, for additional training.
—Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
Its bombardier was Lt. Robert Stevenson Clever.
—Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Sep. 2021
The honor was bestowed after thousands had signed a petition asking that Mr. Johnson, a bomb-aimer during the war (the equivalent of an American bombardier), be accorded recognition in his final years as a collective tribute to the Dambusters.
—Richard Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
Thirty-nine years ago this month, an African American Navy bombardier-navigator named Robert Goodman was taking part in a mission to destroy Syrian munitions in Lebanon when his plane was shot down.
—Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2022
Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
Eighty-two years ago today, when Japan made the surprise raid that plunged the U.S. into World War II, Armstrong’s father, Jack, was an Army Air Corps bombardier at Oahu’s Hickam Field, and his mother, Audrey, was a Red Cross nurse.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2023
Hers was a bombardier who was shot down twice and earned a purple heart.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2023
In the case of the bombardier beetles, between 35 and 57 percent of the toads threw up within 50 minutes on average, ensuring the survival of the regurgitated beetles for at least two weeks after being swallowed.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Oct. 2023
The Airmen consisted of nearly 1,000 Black pilots—along with more than 10,000 engineers, bombardiers, navigators and others—who trained at the segregated Tuskegee Army Air Field in Tuskegee, Alabama, though some went to other locations, including Michigan, for additional training.
—Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
Its bombardier was Lt. Robert Stevenson Clever.
—Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Sep. 2021
The honor was bestowed after thousands had signed a petition asking that Mr. Johnson, a bomb-aimer during the war (the equivalent of an American bombardier), be accorded recognition in his final years as a collective tribute to the Dambusters.
—Richard Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
Thirty-nine years ago this month, an African American Navy bombardier-navigator named Robert Goodman was taking part in a mission to destroy Syrian munitions in Lebanon when his plane was shot down.
—Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2022
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bombardier
noun
bom·bar·dier
ˌbäm-bə(r)-ˈdi(ə)r
: a bomber-crew member who releases the bombs
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