How One “Silver-Tipped” Bullet Turned the Pacific’s Deadliest Fighter Into a Flying Torch

In 1942, American pilots believed the Japanese Zero was unbeatable.
By 1944, nearly half of all Zeros were being ripped from the sky in explosions so violent that intelligence officers could hardly believe the footage.

The reason?
A tiny silver-tipped bullet created in a windowless British lab — and a forgotten engineer who changed the Pacific War.

This is the untold story of Major C. Aubrey Dixon, the quiet ammunition expert who reinvented incendiary chemistry and unknowingly turned Japan’s most feared fighter into a flying death trap.

Inside this documentary, you’ll discover:

🔥 How a Belgian prototype that exploded inside gun barrels became the foundation of a weapon that burned at 4,000°F.
🔥 Why Japanese Zero pilots suddenly began dying in fireballs instead of dogfights.
🔥 The bureaucratic failures that cost American pilots their lives — and the commander who fought to change doctrine before it was too late.
🔥 The secret test that proved a single second of gunfire could vaporize a Zero.
🔥 How this bullet reshaped modern aircraft design, from WWII fighters to today’s F-35.

From chemistry labs in England to the skies over Guadalcanal…
From hidden fuel-tank weaknesses to mass-produced thermite warheads…
From forgotten engineers to Medal of Honor dogfights…

This is the true story of Silver-Tipped Death, the bullet that redefined air combat and changed the outcome of the Pacific War forever.