Bazooka Co-Inventor Edward Uhl Dies At 92

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Edward G. Uhl: Aerospace Executive Co-Invented Bazooka During World War II -- Baltimore Sun

Edward G. Uhl, former president of Fairchild Industries who was co-inventor of the M-1 bazooka during World War II, died Sunday of heart failure at William Hill Gardens, an Easton assisted-living facility.

The Oxford resident was 92.

Born and raised in Elizabeth, N.J., the son of a mechanic and a homemaker, Mr. Uhl was a 1936 graduate of Jefferson High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in engineering physics in 1940 from Lehigh University, where he had been a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

After college, Mr. Uhl went to work for the National Carbon Co. in Fostoria, Ohio, before he reported for active duty in 1941.

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Update: Bazooka co-inventor, aviation exec Edward Uhl dies -- AP