The Rear Gunner

Drama, War

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Ray Enright

Status Released

Release Date 1943-04-10

Storyline

Documentary-style drama on training of aerial rear gunners in World War II. Private PeeWee Williams, a Kansas farm boy, transforms his home-grown shooting skills into those necessary to an aerial gunner in the tail turret of an American bomber. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.