Category: Malfunctioning Ordinance
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FREE ARTICLE – Medal of Honor Action of Radio Operator Staff Sergeant Henry ‘Red’ Erwin. April 19, 1945.
Image: Staff Sergeant Henry E. Erwin. In the lead B-29 on a mission to Koriyama, north of Tokyo, he was tasked with releasing white phosphorus smoke bombs through a chute to assist with the assembly of 167 bombers from Guam and Tinian. There were initially no issues, but one phosphorous bomb exploded prematurely and ricocheted…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 