"Bruce R" wrote in news:47fcf6b8$0$6149
:

While technically a miss, it would be a little disconcerting
nontheless..............


Bruce



If you hit the target, it's not a "miss". And I don't think anyone was
"volunteered" for the Alabama's death ride.

Photo #: NH 57483

Ex-USS Alabama (BB-8)

A white phosphorus bomb explodes on a mast top, while the ship in use as a
target in Chesapeake Bay, 23 September 1921. An Army Martin twin-engine
bomber is flying overhead.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/s...sh-a/bb8-t.htm