The Unheard Tapes of Bomber Command
Dan Snow's History Hit
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How to Deal With a Rear Gunner
You could tell, looking at some people, that stress was telling. I borrowed another gunner on one occasion as a bit up a gunner. And this chap said to me, he said, that reare gunner of yours, its no good, you know,. He says, he see, he was in the back ground firing ammunition. It's just going straight u wasn't going anywhere. So his throke was out of my crew. The thing i was scared of, they might say he was lacking in moral fibre - which case he got one to a most dreadful period of getting back joining the ranks again. But he do he did that, he get badly treated. His
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