Turret: The transparent enclosed position of the gunner of a military aeroplane. Most turrets are power-operated, hydraulically, electrically, and both.
Example: A gun turret must be able to change direction almost instantaneously. This is what is accomplished by this hydraulic system.
BT or BTG: Ball-turret Gunner
Buck fever: Slang for rookie nervousness (as in a deer hunt).
Buster: Maximum Emergency Power
Busting: Strafing attack
Buzz: To fly low over the Deck
Buzz Bomb: Slang for German V-1 unguided missle ...
There were three crew members-pilot, turret gunner, and radioman/bombardier/ventral gunner. A .50-caliber machine gun was mounted in each wing, and one more .
VILLAGE INN
A gun laying radar installed in the rear-turret of some Lancaster bombers allowing blind-firing on an "illuminated" target
VIS
Very High Frequency (30-300 MHz) ...
bombers, and fighters, evolving from biplanes such as the Swordfish and fighters such as the F4F Wildcat which were based on biplanes to the F4U Corsair which outperformed many land based types, and the TBF Avenger which had an enclosed gun turret.
The gunner on the Blenheim picked them off one by one like ducks in a shooting gallery as they followed each other to their deaths in a doomed diving attack of the bomber with its blazing turret and determined gunner.
The two-place machines are frequently used for fighting, in which case the pilot will have a gun fixed to the body and shooting through the propeller, and the passenger, especially in German machines, will also have a gun mounted in the turret so ...
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