Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 251, Issue 1517William Blackwood, 1942 |
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Page 162
... bomb- ing attacks , carried out quite deliber- ately and with extreme accuracy , every bomb falling right in the ... bombs from the planes until they disappeared in hundred- foot columns of water . Thus we had ringside seats and a ...
... bomb- ing attacks , carried out quite deliber- ately and with extreme accuracy , every bomb falling right in the ... bombs from the planes until they disappeared in hundred- foot columns of water . Thus we had ringside seats and a ...
Page 165
... bombs . There was one attack in which two sticks of bombs exactly straddled us . Three on one side , then a breath - catching moment waiting for the next to hit the crowded decks or scream through the rigging , but , by the mercy of ...
... bombs . There was one attack in which two sticks of bombs exactly straddled us . Three on one side , then a breath - catching moment waiting for the next to hit the crowded decks or scream through the rigging , but , by the mercy of ...
Page 215
... bombs we suffered no damage . The nearest was a bomb that dropped ten yards in front of the Old Grey Mare ; she stood on her hind - legs in protest , but soon quietened down . She was an uncomfortably conspicuous animal to have with us ...
... bombs we suffered no damage . The nearest was a bomb that dropped ten yards in front of the Old Grey Mare ; she stood on her hind - legs in protest , but soon quietened down . She was an uncomfortably conspicuous animal to have with us ...
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