[GreyFriar]

I remember my father telling me that part of the training for aerial gunners was shooting skeet, first stationary and then from the back of a truck going around an old race track when he was training at Kileen AAF, Texas during WWII.

[cyclotic]

My neighbor told me the same thing. He got really good at skeet but the war ended before he finished flight school

[libertylover]

I remember my father telling me that part of the training for aerial gunners was shooting skeet, first stationary and then from the back of a truck going around an old race track when he was training at Kileen AAF, Texas during WWII.

I saw a WWII training film once that taught the gunners to aim behind the target, at least under certain circumstances, but I never understood why. Do you have any idea why?