then-up

Updated: May 15, 2025

Through this had come the ball that nearly perforated the tank. There was one more opening ahead and then the trench sank out of sight near the base of the low bluff. Orry's hand closed over the first grenade. He was really an expert bomb-thrower. At great risk he dipped gradually until, when about at the point overhead he desired, he threw two bombs in swift succession. Then-up, up rapidly.

William Perry Brown - Our Pilots in the Air