Under these conditions, it was evident that the remaining heavy bombers could not operate efficiently in the Philippines.

It was a common mistake, made because people on the ground didn't realize the big margins of error within which the bombers operated.

In those years, 1978 to 1980, the younger bomber may have operated more recklessly and might have been noticed by someone who still remembers him.

And off-licence manager David Bell hit out: 'It is not as if the bombers only operate after 6pm.

While the bombmakers and the bombers operated from the West Bank with the utmost secrecy, Hamas's top leaders have been prominent public figures in Gaza.

He offered two descriptions for the way the bombers might have operated.

Much of the inquiry has moved to San Francisco, where the bomber may now be operating.

In a war with Iraq, allied bombers and reconnaissance aircraft would probably operate from several other, smaller bases, including Diyarbakir and Batman.

As before, the bombers operated in so-called "Ketten", (a formation of three aircraft).

Unlike the dive-bombers favored by the Germans, Italian bombers operated in formations at high altitudes during the early stages of the war, about twelve-thousand feet.