At Sunny Scampton, we had a USAF exchange officer who was going through the Vulcan OCU course. He'd been on B-52s in 'Nam and told us how they used to drop on command in a 3-aircraft formation....
For months they'd been 'green' section and the bombardier navigator would listen out for the call "Green, dropping in 3-2-1..NOW!".
Then one day they were flying as 'white' section. About 15 min out, they heard the other section calling "Green, 3-2-1..NOW!". All of a sudden their Buff began to shake and shudder as their bombs were released. "That was a close call", said the bombardier navigator, "I only just made the drop!". It was then 'politely' explained to him that he'd dropped a full bomb load 15 min short of the target...
On return to Guam, they saw "More flashing red and blue lights than they knew could be on the island" as various senior folk came to ask WTF had happened.
But no-one ever complained about the improper release - perhaps because they couldn't?