Sentence examples for bombs miss from inspiring English sources

2. Path To War -- "50 to 300 is my estimate, and if the bombs miss, it can go as high as 12,000, with fifty percent of these civilians and fifty percent of those killed".

Many bombs missed their mark.

The notoriously inaccurate bombs missed, and he escaped unhurt in his foxhole.

The bombs missed him, but they did kill his fifteen-month-old daughter.

The press was critical because a quarter of the 42 bombs missed the target.

Our bombs missed the target refinery by some hundreds of yards.

When the RAF realised that 80 per cent of their bombs missed their targets, they established a Pathfinder Force to guide the bombers.

One raid on a major oil plant saw 87% of the bombs missing their target entirely, and only two actually hitting the buildings.

Once, a bombing seemed to target his hut, but he heard the plane approaching and ran out in his skivvies and took cover; the bombs missed, and he was unhurt.

The raids caused heavy damage to all targets, though some planes were unable to drop their bombs for various reasons, and some bombs missed their targets, resulting in the destruction of apartment buildings and houses in Tripoli.

The policy led to high civilian casualties as bombs missed their intended targets and fell on civilian areas.