When A Mechanic Found 200 Bullet Holes – He Realized The Corsairs Were Built Wrong
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When A Mechanic Found 200 Bullet Holes – He Realized The Corsairs Were Built Wrong
Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 1943. Marine Technical Sergeant Michael Callahan noticed something terrifying: Corsair fighters kept returning with damage in all the wrong places. While factory engineers had armored fuel tanks and engines, Japanese Zeros were shredding wings and control surfaces that had almost no protection. By meticulously documenting bullet hole patterns across two hundred combat-damaged aircraft, this Detroit mechanic discovered a fatal design flaw that Navy engineers had completely missed. His unauthorized field modifications cut squadron loss rates by forty percent and eventually forced the Bureau of Aeronautics to redesign America's premier fighter aircraft. Based on declassified combat reports and veteran testimony, this is the untold story of how one enlisted man's observations changed aerial warfare in the Pacific Theater. Subscribe for more forgotten WWII stories.
#wwii #f4ucorsair #pacifictheater #militaryhistory #forgottenhistory
World War 2 stories, F4U Corsair, WWII documentary, Pacific War, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Marine Corps aviation, aircraft mechanics, military history, untold war stories
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