Through a Pilot's Window: Adventures Piloting a B-24 Bomber in the 9Th and 344Th Bomber Squadron in Wwii During the Asian-Pacific, European and African Middle Eastern Campaigns, 1942-1945

A stick of five bombs left the lead ship. I concentrated on our own bomb-release signal. It should flicker now -- no -- now! What in hell was the matter?

Just as the Major swung into a 90-degree turn, our ship jumped. The bombs were gone! The electric releases must have frozen, and now the bombardier had salvoed. Some spot of open water would be broiled up. I whipped a glance at Ed’s face. That was all I needed: I wondered how much it would take for a man to explode at 24,000 feet – and wha...