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Originally Posted by spidge  So you are trying to tell me that they didn't just put a bloke in a plane, call him a gunner and he proceeded to shoot down the enemy!  |
Shhh, don't tell anyone but I don't think the handbook was actually given to the gunners - it was actually dropped on the Germans as propaganda to scare them into believing that the Allied gunners were highly trained sharp-shooters
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Originally Posted by morse1001 Very interesting find on the web!
I have the Lancaster servicing manual which has a section on the armament, also the B29 crew manual which has a section for gunners.
But Gunners and their equipment are a forgotten bred on the internet |
The original site is fantastic (I linked it in the first post). I've got a pdf of the handbook but it's 50Mb. If you're interested PM me.