On 10 Jan 2004 02:45:01 GMT, (JDupre5762) wrote:

Certainly the RIO deserves credit.

In WWI fighters, especiallly the early ones, the gunner was the man
who shot down the enemy aircraft, and he was credited with the kill
along with the pilot.

Having demonstrated their quick reflexes and immunity to air sickness,
some (perhaps many) of these men were re-trained as pilots. (It didn't
take long--a few weeks, with due allowance for England's unfriendly
flying weather.)

all the best -- Dan Ford
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