11. But two Gazan girls say they blame him for the death of their brother, who they say had died in a suicide bombing mission. 12. Dave Thatcher, a staff sergeant who served as a gunner on the bombing mission, was an active part of the history. 13. Each bomb painted on the side of the aircraft represents a successful bombing mission. 14. Hays was the navigator of the aircraft, which wandered well off-course after an aborted bombing mission. 15. He joined the Army Air Corps, rising from lieutenant to major, and received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his bombing missions over Germany. 16. He led the first bombing mission against occupied Europe, and the first bombing mission in the North Africa campaign. 17. He was a first lieutenant and navigator in the Army Air Force, flying bombing missions in the Pacific. 18. High-altitude hit-and-run bombing missions will have to be supplemented by lower-altitude attacks on infantry and vehicles. 19. His nine previous bombing missions had been uneventful, but this time, while his four-engine bomber was over the Netherlands, there was a blinding flash. 20. His jet was shot down during a bombing mission early in the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. |
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