Bombardier Page #8

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Go ahead, Buck,

make tomorrow's headlines.

All right, men, Major Oliver

will light them, we'll bomb them.

Of course you've

all played football? Yes, sir.

This is the kick-off.

Flight Commander to crew,

Flight Commander to crew.

I'll circle the field once

as you climb into formation

and hit our heading west.

Navigator to pilot, navigator

to pilot, we're approaching land.

That's Japan. Yeah.

'Attention, crew, approaching land.'

How do you all feel? 'Connors, sir.'

I feel good but I've

got funny bumps all over my arms.

Those are goose pimples.

Could be.

Navigator to pilot, navigator to

pilot, directly over initial point,

heading from here to target

30 degrees.

'Navigator to Flight Commander.'

Navigator to Flight Commander, from

here on we fly a 280 degree heading.

Roger. Flight Commander to group,

Flight Commander to group.

Stand by and keep your eyes peeled,

from here on we can expect anything.

'Pilot to bombardier,'

lock right into your target

and level off at 2,000 feet.

That'll give you 20 seconds to drop

the incendiaries. Yes, sir,

I'm ready.

AIR-RAID SIREN BLARES

Hit number four motor.

Other prop!

Start number four extinguisher.

Prepare to abandon ship.

Ah! I didn't even get a shot.

Radio operator,

radio operator,

code distance as it applies

to Colonel Chick Davis.

Listen, forced to bail out

over Nagoya.

Radio operator to Flight Commander.

68 badly shot up over Nagoya,

crew bailed out.

Anything else?

Yes, sir, it's rather difficult to

decode, it says O stands for zero.

Do you understand it, sir?

Yeah, I understand.

Flight Commander to all ships,

Major Oliver shot down over Nagoya,

there'll be no incendiaries

to guide us.

Change attack plans

at final objective, area bombing.

Drop them in train at intervals at

100 feet, I'll signal from my ship.

O for zero.

You stand.

You stand!

Major.

Stupid!

Bow head.

Bow head!

HE SPEAKS JAPANESE

Hey, Major, that letter's for you.

Is it from Burt?

I forgot she told me...

Major, where did you come from?

Where did you come from?

Maybe you would rather talk alone.

Come along.

Hey!

Buck... Buck.

Eddie.

Water...

MAN IS SLAPPED:

Here they come.

Japs ahead.

On your toes!

Nice shooting!

You are very stubborn, Major.

Nobody talked.

ORDERS GIVEN IN JAPANESE

Sergeant, you remain, please.

GUNFIRE, MAN SCREAMS

Japanese do not scream.

Perhaps now you talk.

Yes.

HE SPEAKS JAPANESE

Navigator to Flight Commander,

target 12 minutes away.

And here's Dutch Harbor,

and this is Midway Island.

You've heard of that.

And here's... Here's the Land

of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Is that clear?

It is very clear, you have

talked but have said nothing.

Stupid Americans, all your planes

have been destroyed.

Your mission is a failure,

there is no longer a reason to keep

your base a secret.

PLANES OVERHEAD:

AIR RAID SIREN BLARES

GIVES ORDERS IN JAPANESE

Now I give you ten seconds to talk.

Talk!

Shoot, shoot!

I see a little fire to the

green side. That's Nagoya.

This is it. Welcome to Nagoya.

Navigator number two to Flight

Commander, fire on green side.

Looks like Nagoya assembly plant.

Oh, nice going, Buck.

Flight Commander to all planes,

Flight Commander to all planes,

resume your original attack plans.

Your target is

on the green side, in flames.

THEY SCREAM:

Come on, Chick.

Bring on your bombardiers!

There's your target.

If you don't blow that to something,

you'll have to answer

to Buck and his crew.

Come on, Rafferty, Harris, Carter -

give 'em the works!

Come on, Carter boy.

Drop those blockbusters in there.

But if Buck's down there, sir...

Drop them, I tell you,

or you don't belong in

the same army with him.

God make me a good bombardier.

Put one in the smokestack.

Which one? Centre one. That's easy.

COME ON, RAFFERTY!

COME ON, HARRIS!

COME ON, CONNORS!

COME ON, ALL OF YOU BOMBARDIERS!

Bombs away. Bombs away. Bombs away.

So sorry.

Goodbye, Mr Chips.

To put out fire with fire - that is

the crusade of the bombardiers,

who are already building

a great American tradition.

And there are others on the way,

a hundred thousand strong.

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