Sentence examples for in a single sortie from inspiring English sources
Eight died in a single sortie once when she was lead pilot, as hulking Messerschmitts attacked them in the dazzle of the searchlights.
These days a plane with "smart" bombs can blast several targets in a single sortie, day or night, in good weather or bad.
That means, in turn, that you can fit five times as many bombs on a single plane and hit five times as many targets in a single sortie, which sounds good except that now you need to get intelligence on five times as many targets.
That means, in turn, that you can fit five times as many bombs on a single plane and hit five times as many targets in a single sortie, which sounds good — except that now you need to get intelligence on five times as many targets.
He shot down three Junkers Ju 87s in a single sortie near Mersa Matruh on 18 February 1941, the same action in which Gordon Steege claimed three.
He first saw action with No. 3 Squadron in North Africa, where he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for shooting down four aircraft in a single sortie.
It will be stealthy, subsonic, have a range of around 6,000 miles (9,650km) and be able to carry a big enough payload to destroy many targets during a single sortie.
Designated Victor SR.2, a single aircraft could photograph the whole of the United Kingdom in a single two-hour sortie.
The squadron had not flown a single training sortie before fighting began and had only two full crews ready for battle.
