The Sikorsky H-5 is a visibly old design. It first flew in 1943 and was operated by the US Navy, Coast Guard, and Army Air Force (and then Air Force). Over 300 H-5s were produced between 1944 and 1951 ...
The bomb was headed right at him. But he didn’t panic — didn’t yell or scream. He thought only of his mother — the agony she would experience when she learned her son had died in battle.