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