bombing mission

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Jackson met the then-leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1979 when he traveled to Syria to free U.S. pilot Robert Goodman, who’d been shot down while on a bombing mission.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Although his bombing mission that day proved to be among the “easiest” of 30 he flew over occupied France and Nazi Germany, “the emotional impact was the greatest.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

Thirteen days before he was born, his father, Reginald, a Royal Air Force flight lieutenant, died when his plane was shot down on a bombing mission over Greece.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2022

Navy, was shot down over Hanoi while on a bombing mission in 1967.

From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2018

But the commanders were eager for a big victory, and the 46th Guards were sent out on a bombing mission twice as far away as their usual targets took them.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein