bomber pilot

collocation in English

meaningsofbomberandpilot

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bomber
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɒm.ər/us
/ˈbɑː.mɚ/
a person who ...
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pilot
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpaɪ.lət/us
/ˈpaɪ.lət/
a person who flies ...
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(Definition ofbomberandpilotfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Vodopianov was dismissed from the commanding post as a result of big losses in this raid, but he continued to serve as abomberpilot.
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Those who have read books about the last war will know that bomber pilots did not like anti-aircraft fire.
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Many of them were fighter and bomber pilots.
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I sometimes think that we politicians are like bomber pilots.
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Therefore, the young potential fighter and bomber pilots must indeed wonder what their future is.
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I think we shall always remember with great pride names of fighter and bomber pilots, names and numbers of squadrons, and the aircraft they flew.
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It is necessary for abomberpilotto have only something like 400 hours in the air.
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The figure of £25,000 seems an enormous sum to spend on training onebomberpilot.
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He may be one of those young men on whom we spend £45,000 to train as abomberpilot.
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Abomberpilotis responsible in a very personal sense for an aircraft worth more than £1 million.
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His second choice, accepted with resignation, is to be abomberpilot.
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Of course, thebomberpilotwill be no younger—probably older.
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One case has been quoted where an experiencedbomberpilotalleged that an approach was too low.
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This man was abomberpilotin the war.
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I was abomberpilotduring the last war.
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It has recently been estimated that the cost of training abomberpilotis about £10,000, which is more than it costs to train anyone in the legal or medical professions.
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Capito was a formerbomberpilotwho had retrained on fighters.
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After initial training, he was selected as abomberpilot, and soon became a flying instructor himself.
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A hat is placed on the baby's head and the head is then removed and fitted onto the body of abomberpilot.
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I am sure that this is not true of bomber pilots or that they are resentful of carrying passengers.
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