Jeeze Tarver,

Get a grip. AA didn't actually TARGET the bridge, it just happened to
be there when he jettisoned. At low altitude, with the salvo decision
taken as a forced snap-judgement, there might not be a chance to look
for a "safe" place to drop. I think the other part of the Glen Miller
story was that his AC was transiting a pre-designated salvo area.

Stephen Ambrose tells a similar story of McGovern salvoing from his
B-24. I think they had one hanger and the the final kick shove, or
manipulation that popped the shackle open placed the bomb smack ontop of
an austrian farm house. He was sick. Long after the war, he finally
met the owner of said house. apparantly they hear the Lib coming (B-24s
were not apparantly sneeky) and dove for the root celler some distance
from the house. House went BOOOOOMMM! McGovern said hed DID see a
pilot deliberatly salvo into a civilian area. Some poople are born
jerks.

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Dana Miller