Word: nose
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were more than four times last year's doldrums figure. The one giant that really suffered was U.S. Steel: now falling behind Bethlehem in gross sales (because of Bethlehem's vastly greater shipbuilding operations), Big Steel's earnings for the second quarter nose-dived...
Heavy bombers of the U.S. Eighth Air Force celebrated Bastille Day with smashing daylight raids on German air installations at Villacoublay, Amiens and famed Le Bourget airport (where Lindbergh landed) near Paris. TIME Correspondent William Walton covered the Le Bourget raid from the transparent nose of the Flying Fortress Georgia Peach, jammed in with Navigator B. L. Otto ("Blotto") and Bombardier Johnny Ozier. His report follows...
Another peeled off. This time the gun got the range, sending tracers and explosives that seemed to go right into the fuselage. He passed out of sight. All the guns were firing now-from the nose, top turret, the waist and the ball turret in the belly. The tail gunner reported attack after attack...
...Georgia Peach's guns were never silent, vibrating like riveters; empty brass cartridges piled up on the floor of the nose. Suddenly against a white cloud bank far ahead appeared dark specks. "I think the Spits are coming back," said intercom. "Be careful, though, boys." Spitfires streaked toward us, lipped into the Germans, then came back, darting protectively across our tail and either wing...
...over the radio, and these "were the only words uttered by anybody during the whole attack." Northwest of the target hung a purple curl of cloud. Torpedo-planes sheltering in it would have a vital 20 seconds' protection from the Jap gun ners before emerging on the very nose of the target...