By: Frazer Nash - 2nd July 2009 at 06:36
I’ve never heard of any gunner, be they RAF or USAAF, being rewarded the title ‘ace’.
Tom McClean (multi-kill RAF air gunner) had several nicknames, two of which were ‘Killer’ and ‘Ace’, but these were bestowed by the press of the day, rather than the RAF!
By: trumper - 19th June 2009 at 17:40
I don’t see why not ,i would guess it was a very hard thing to judge though.
My Ex Warrant Officer in the ATC was a rear gunner and i believe he claimed about three kills ,how you can tell in the dark when surrounded by 100’s of other rear gunners,top gunners,,nose gunners i,m not sure.
Whilst googling him, i found this painting that was signed by someone with his name,Ron Liversage,i wonder??
http://www.skyscapes.net/lancasterdusk.html
Would you need to differentiate between gunners and someone who flew as part of a crew with night fighter type radar assistance even though they fired the guns rather than piloting?
Good question:)
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June 19, 2009 at 4:51 pm