noon
It just does n't seem quite right to me , but blessed if I know why . I ... '' Freddy never finished the rest . He never did for the reason that at that exact moment a stab of orange red flame showed down by the blinking light . Dawson saw it and had only time to stiffen slightly in the seat before the night darkness all about the Fortress was lighted up as brilliantly as high noon by a bursting star shell . And hardly had the white light virtually exploded in front of Dawson 's face before the air all about was filled with the roaring thunder of bursting flak shells . For the infinitesimal part of a split second Dawson sat as a man struck dead . Then with a wild yell he shook himself out of his trance , rammed all four throttles wide open and threw the Flying Fortress up and around in a steep climbing turn .