Subject: Night bombers interception....
From: (Eunometic)
Date: 7/19/2004 9:23 PM Pacific Standard Time

The American formations also learned to jink (on command of the rear
gunner) to try and avoid attack by the 21cm rockets (and even

After all the missions I have flown I never once heard the word "jinking" We
did none of that. it was straight and level all the way in and steady as a
rock. "jinking" would tumble the gyro on the Norden and force a go-around.


Arthur Kramer
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