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... planes toward the probing searchlights , the raids were even more spectacular . Now , at Cavite , the two groups of Japanese bombers , 24 and 27 planes at 20,000 feet , approached lazily , it seemed no faster than a drift- ing cloud . I ...
... planes toward the probing searchlights , the raids were even more spectacular . Now , at Cavite , the two groups of Japanese bombers , 24 and 27 planes at 20,000 feet , approached lazily , it seemed no faster than a drift- ing cloud . I ...
Page 145
... planes suddenly swung north- ward , their uptilted wings showing the Netherlands ' orange triangle . They were so close we could make out the helmeted , goggled midships gunners , gripping the breeches of their weapons , trained down at ...
... planes suddenly swung north- ward , their uptilted wings showing the Netherlands ' orange triangle . They were so close we could make out the helmeted , goggled midships gunners , gripping the breeches of their weapons , trained down at ...
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... planes were back . This time , Lanikai had anticipated things and already was well out in the harbor when the enemy and the wails of the siren came simultane- ously at 12:10 P.M .: “ A salvo of bombs from high - flying planes dropped on ...
... planes were back . This time , Lanikai had anticipated things and already was well out in the harbor when the enemy and the wails of the siren came simultane- ously at 12:10 P.M .: “ A salvo of bombs from high - flying planes dropped on ...
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