What famous incidents were there that involved unexploded bombs?
The vast majority of Argentine air attacks on the task force involved dropping plain old ‘dumb’ iron bombs. The enormous amount of AA fire meant the pilots often unded up flying so low, dropping their bombs so close to their targets, that the often didn’t arm properly, resulting in unexploded bombs lodged in various parts of the ships. I think the most famous incident was on or around May 18th or 22nd and involved HMS Antelope. One bomb entered below the hanger and later another hit the port side right below the bridge, destroying the PO’s mess but again not exploding. The former ended up in the boiler room, coming to rest in the air conditioning unit and was thus surrounded by dangerous toxic gas. This I presume was somehow vented because later two Royal Engineers, w/o Phillips and St.Sgt. Prescott (who had earlier been diffusing bombs on Argonaut) boarded her to try make it safe while the ship’s company gathered on the fo’c’stle for safety in freezing weather. At 2015 whilst preparin
