Sentence examples for bombs took off from inspiring English sources

At around 16:05 on April 28, the five A-37 bombers of the Quyet Thang Squadron, each armed with four 250-pound bombs, took off from Thanh Son airfield and each aircraft flew between 600 m and 800 m apart from each other.

"It was like some bomb taking off," said John Palmerston, an Australian who saw the plane leave the runway from the airport here.

"It should be noted that real panic isn't here but across the ocean," he added, saying bomb shelter sales "took off" in the U.S. after Trump's election.

He devised the 'double plug' system that allowed for actually arming the bomb after Enola Gay took off so that if it crashed, there would not be a nuclear explosion.

Its neighbor is Tinian, the island from which the Enola Gay took off to bomb Hiroshima.

Four fighter jets took off to bomb Syria hours after the House of Commons agreed on the use of air strikes.

Mr. Lewis took off and bombed the third term, making a mumpy and polysyllabic landing in Herbert Hoover's lap.

At 15 30, some 58 80 Ju 88s from I., II., and III./LG 1, escorted by 30 Bf 110s of V./LG 1, took off to bomb Boscombe Down and Worthy Down.

This is where the two B-29s took off with the bombs against Japan".

At 01 15 the Handley-Page bomber piloted by the Australian Ross Smith took off carrying 16, 112-lb bombs to bomb Afulah railway junction and smash the central telephone exchange.

In another it looks as if a bomb has taken off the roof and crushed the interior.