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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 ...
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... planes sat fixed in the crosshairs of his telescopic sight . On Adair's left , Harry Keith peered at the planes , estimating their range , then cranking it onto the sight bar . On the right , first loader Sparky Walruff had already ...
... planes sat fixed in the crosshairs of his telescopic sight . On Adair's left , Harry Keith peered at the planes , estimating their range , then cranking it onto the sight bar . On the right , first loader Sparky Walruff had already ...
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... 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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