Word: flak
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...approached the coast most of us were thinking of flak. But Bolzoni's mind was racing back over many isolated little memories. Over Rome, Bolzoni, who had learned the map of the city by heart, thought he saw the Vatican off to the left. This conjured up a very distinct evening when he was 14 years old and his older sister came back from a trip to Italy and described Rome to the family. They were in the living room of their Bristol home. He was sitting on a footstool looking into his sister's face...
...After that Bolzoni was too busy watching for flak to do any more meditating...
...first time I saw Paris my knees shook like aspens. Ahead of the Georgia Peach, bursting flak made black puffballs in the early morning sunlight. Focke-Wulfs and Messerschmitts dived and rolled, spitting lead at the formation of heavy bombers droning steadily toward Le Bourget. The Forts, in high-stacked formation at about 20,000 feet, spurted streams of tracers and explosives back into the fighters. The Bastille Day air battle gave the French another chapter of memories on their historic anniversary...
Bombs Away. For a moment no fighters were attacking. There had been no time to watch France pass below us. As I glanced out now, there was Paris, a pale gold pattern in the clear morning light, the Eiffel Tower, the Champs Elysées, the Seine glinting silver. Flak seemed to be mushrooming up from nowhere. In a moment Le Bourget was in sight. Johnny started fiddling with the release. As Johnny quietly said: "Bombs away," a cluster dropped from the Fortress close beside us. The Forts moved too fast for us to see the bombs hit, but photographs...
...return trip a new cloud of Focke-Wulfs attacked. Over the intercom the tail gunner said: "Two Forts are going down. Chutes opening from one. Can't see the other." Down below gun batteries made orange flashes, brown smoke spouted straight up, then black flak burst...