| He went to navigation, bombardier and observer school at hot and humid Ellington Air Force Base, Texas, near Houston. |
| He was there for eight months, during which he rose to the rank of bombardier. |
| Harold Ings, 86, a bombardier with the Royal Artillery was one of the soldiers whose unit was surrounded by Germans in occupied France. |
| Rather, the aircraft dropped it as a normal bomb, then the bombardier guided its steep descent by radio remote control. |
| Drawing on his experiences as a bombardier during the War, the novel is set among flyers on the Italian front. |
| The bombardier and the pilot forgot to put on their dark glasses and therefore witnessed the flash which was terrific. |
