National Archives Identifier: 2769
Local Identifier: 18-AF-100
Title: The Rear Gunner
Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2769

From: Series: Motion Picture Films from the "Air Force Production" Program Series, 1942 - 1944
Record Group 18: Records of the Army Air Forces

Scope & Content: This film is a documentary-style drama on the training of an aerial rear gunner in World War II. Actor Burgess Meredith stars as Private PeeWee Williams, a Kansas farm boy who, through rigorous training, transformed his home-grown shooting skills into those necessary to an aerial gunner in the tail turret of an American bomber. The film also features Ronald Reagan in a supporting role.

This item was produced or created: 1943

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