On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:56:18 -0500, zxcv wrote:

I was watching "Empire of the Sun" the other night and near the end some
P-51's attack the Japanese base. What struck me was that the P-51's were
flying in just a few feet above the ground and dropping their bombs.
Would this really have been done? How did the planes keep from blowing
themselves up?

Delayed action fuses in the bombs were used in low level attacks.