Complex sentence: The first bombing formation consisting of five Bristol Fighters took off at 11:40 with eight bombs each which were dropped on the retreating army between Et Tire and Tulkarm and hundreds of machine gun rounds were also fired the column which scattered towards Kakon and Tulkarm.
Split into simpler sentences: The first bombing formation consisting of five Bristol Fighters, took off at 11:40 with eight bombs each. These were dropped on the retreating army between Et Tire and Tulkarm, when hundreds of machine gun rounds were also fired on the column, which scattered towards Kakon and Tulkarm.