Bombing Strategies

Our crews didn't have formation flying, and the Americans did. They were crewed up, the Americans, and stateside, and were brought right over, but one aircraft from another they, they were, you know, it wasn't their fault, because they just weren't trained. And they also had a method of... they'd take, they'd approach a target and the lead bomber would open his bomb bay and then a chain reaction, the rest. And when the lead bomber dropped his bombs, then the trail, train reaction. Now if he was right, great, but if he was wrong, they were all wrong. Ours were, all our aircraft were individual. We flew in on our own navigational points and our turning points and the release was, in my case, it was the air bomber that released the bomb when, when he thought so, not by one fellow that, as I say, and it happened, unfortunately in, where they'd bomb our own troops. Again, they're, they're so close at, at the, the front lines, and if you're right, great, but if you weren't... Like, the, the army were cheering (inaudible), I've seen that, and then they'd have to run for cover or, or worse.