Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Air-to-Air Phosphorus Bombs scatter small phosphorus filled steel pellets with the goal of destroying the target bombers or breaking up their formations. The intent of this video is to review characteristics, tactics, case studies, and the combat effectiveness of air-to-air phosphorus bombing in WWII. Air-to-air phosphorus bombing was never really a threat to bombers, given the precise release conditions need for lethal pellet strikes. The Japanese abandoned this attack method later in the war, due to its ineffectiveness.
Air-to-Air Phosphorus Bombs scatter small phosphorus filled steel pellets with the goal of destroying the target bombers or breaking up their formations. The intent of this video is to review characteristics, tactics, case studies, and the combat effectiveness of air-to-air phosphorus bombing in WWII. Air-to-air phosphorus bombing was never really a threat to bombers, given the precise release conditions need for lethal pellet strikes. The Japanese abandoned this attack method later in the war, due to its ineffectiveness.
