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Sighs of relief filled the intercom. As everyone started talking, Mark snarled, "All right, you guys, shut
up!"

The voices dropped off.
"Anyone hurt?"

"Yeah, Jose took it bad in the arm and shoulder. The whole radio compartment was blown out by the
hit," replied Giorgini.

"Will he make it?"

"Hard to tell."

"Mark, it's Goldberg."

Mark looked over his shoulder to the flight engineer, Sam Goldberg.

"Go on."

"We're losing oil pressure on number three. I'm shutting her down."

"All right, take care of it."

It was hard to hear anything--the hull was ripped wide open and the air screamed past with a high,
piercing shriek that was maddening. He looked out his shattered portside window. The wing was a sieve;
rolling black smoke poured from the inboard engine.

Mark looked back at Goldberg again.

"Fuel?"

"I'll have it for you in a minute, but it doesn't look good."

Ed! What about the bomb drop? Mark leaned over and saw with relief that his friend was uninjured.

"Say, Ed, you all right down there?"

Ed looked up at him and Mark could see that he had been as terrified as the rest of them.

"Any hope of lining back up on target?" Mark asked.

"We're already passed it."

"Dump that load and let's get the hell out of here."

The Dragon Fire surged up as the bombs dropped free to land in the hills beyond the city.

Mark could see the other bombers in a cloud of flak, already several miles away. They were clear of the
target area and were already turning in a broad sweeping arc. Dragon Fire had lost the protection of the