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Distracted Mr. Barlow sizzled: "The bomb is dying every second. He meant that the liquid oxygen in his bomb was leaking into the air. A metal case would have held it, but the glmite had been put in a canvas bag so that there would be no flying fragments. Still no Senator Sheppard. Wailed Mr. Barlow: "It's seeping down through the carbon just like water...
Colonel Burton Oliver Lewis, second in command at the Proving Ground, tried putting his arm around Mr. Barlow's shoulder. It was a fatal gesture. Mr. Barlow, without waiting for his bomb, exploded. He shouted: "I'm on the spot. I'm going to get the horselaugh of the whole nation. I'm going. . . ." Into his car he hopped, drove fiercely away, abandoning glmite, goats, goatherds, photographers, Congressmen and Colonel Lewis...
...persuaded to return. Colonel Lewis tried again to put his arm around Mr. Barlow's shoulder, this time succeeded. Mr. Barlow pulled cotton wadding from someone's ears, laughingly stuffed it in the colonel's. Everyone trooped out for a closer look at the steaming bomb. It was decided to postpone the demonstration for nine days...
...barrage which used to precede tank attacks on strongly held positions, the air arm led the way. Attack-bombers swooping low (to 300 feet) in endless triads blasted forts and weaker defense positions. They sprayed the defenders and their gun crews with machine-gun fire, turned and dumped their bomb loads. Other planes laid smoke screens for tanks to charge under. Allied gun crews had to resort to plotted area fire...
British bombers did their raiding from England, instead of basing in France. This kept a force at home to bomb German troops that might be landed in Britain, and made the problem of supplying them easier. But the longer flights imposed extra strain on pilots and cut down the frequency of their raids...