Edward Uhl | Bazooka coinventor, 92
Edward Uhl, 92, who helped invent the bazooka during World War II and later led the aerospace company Fairchild Industries Inc., died Sunday in Oxford, Md., of complications from a stroke he suffered three years earlier.
Edward Uhl, 92, who helped invent the bazooka during World War II and later led the aerospace company Fairchild Industries Inc., died Sunday in Oxford, Md., of complications from a stroke he suffered three years earlier.
In 1942, as an Army first lieutenant with an engineering degree, Mr. Uhl helped develop a shoulder-fired rocket launcher nicknamed the bazooka because it resembled a tube-shaped musical instrument.
He joined Fairchild as president in 1961. He oversaw its transformation from a military aircraft manufacturer to an aerospace giant before retiring as chairman in 1985.
- AP