"Gord Beaman" wrote in message
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av8r wrote:

Hi Gord

Nobody has addressed the issue of the use of the term bombardier by the
skipper.

Cheers...Chris

I know...I saw you mention it a few times but for the life of me
I can't remember what term we (RCAF) used in the fifties...mind
you now, this was an RAF crew I believe so I can't speak for
them..

I seem to be leaning toward 'Bomb Aimer' but without a lot of
conviction.

The RAF at that time seem to have used both 'bomb aimer' and
'air bomber' the latter being often shortened to 'bomber'

IF the broadcast was a reconstruction based on a noisy recording
its quite easy to see how 'bomber' could become 'bombardier'

Keith