 However, the direction of the air-attack had put the B-24s out of position for a bombing run on them.Even though the B-24s current flight path could not be modified enough to effectively strike at the battleships, there were other important ships in the harbor that were more vulnerable, less well defended and within the bombers current flight path.Therefore, the crews of the B-24s set their sights and made their bombing runs on the cruisers of the 7th Division.