After serving as a
gunlayer on a Pz.Mk.III during Barbarossa, he led a Company of Tigers at Kursk.
Edwards' gunlayer got in some shots at 300 yards, then Edwards manoeuvred the enemy in front of his Sopwith and opened fire into its tail.
F/S/L Edwards flew in the second formation comprised of seven bombers and three fighters--all piloted by Canadians, with three British naval gunlayers in the fighters.
He ``hated big ships'' and amazingly then volunteered for submarine duty and found himself back out in the Far East on HMS Sleuth where he was a
Gunlayer - responsible for the sub's deck gun.
Later, American naval aviators occasionally flew sorties with the Allies, usually serving as gunners (often called "
gunlayers"), but occasionally taking their turn at the wheel of the huge bombers.
(48.) Jellicoe specifically prohibited certain ships from using director fire, prescribing instead the "
gunlayers system"--that is, direct laying, which allowed faster shooting.
Philosophers such as Max Scheler wrote best-selling books praising German 'culture' over mere Anglo-French 'civilization', psychology laboratories busied themselves in concocting aptitude tests for pilots,
gunlayers etc.