"If his planes and ours are both trying to hit them at the same time, do we shoot at each other, too?"

The plane tried to land three times but failed.

Occasionally the plane tried to come down for a closer look.

The second plane had tried to bring in Dave's wife and three children, but it had been forced to turn back.

The trailing plane was trying to cut back toward him now, its role reversed by the new situation.

Some reports said the plane apparently tried to abort the landing and take off again, but failed.

The latter plane dropped a bomb and then apparently tried to crash into the ship.

Where was his Eastern base, which a thousand planes were trying to locate without success?

The Belgian planes tried to take off through the explosions and fires.