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As the one-minute Spokane bomb run began, the wind was at a steady 50 knots. Then, just before the bomb release, it shifted to the northeast and subsided to seven knots. The City of Merced intercom was filled with curses ("We all loused up our halos," said Pilot Speiser...
"One for Old Ralph." Next came the tough celestial navigation tests, a dog-legged, 891-mile course from Butte to the Hoover Dam. Only the stars could be used to fix position. At least five minutes ahead of time, the observer was required to announce his estimated time of arrival...
This was a top piece of celestial navigation; on the test, the City of Merced scored 117 out of a possible 125 points.
The third and last bomb drop was on the northwest corner of an Earle M. Jorgensen steel company building in Los Angeles. This was an important run for Major Holguin. About six miles from the target was the Cheli Air Depot, named for Ralph Cheli, an Air Corps Medal-of...
The mission was over. The City of Merced was met at March Field by an officer with a case of beer. Out of a possible total of 1,000 points, in three flights totaling 9,000 miles, the City of Merced team had scored 853-enough to become "the world...