On
6th of August 1945, Col Paul Tibbetts flew the B-29 "Enola
Gay to Hiroshima, Japan where Maj. Thomas Ferebee released
the first Atom bomb at 8:15:17a.m. in hope to end the war
with Japan.
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Lucky
Lady
This
B-29 flew from Tinian and shared its field with the 509BG.
Lucky Lady participated in 13 mine -laying missions and in
Korea flew at least another 10 missions.
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Bocks
Car
The
second mission to Nagasaki happened 3 days later from the
Hiroshima mission. Bocks Car, piloted by Maj. Charles W.
Sweeney, carried "Fat Man" which was released
by Kermit K. Beahan. The black "Fat Man" mission
symbols denote 'Pumpkin' missions while the red ones are
for 'Atomic'.
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