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![]() They successfully rendezvoused at Iwo Jima shortly after 0600. Eight minutes after they were airborne Parsons loaded the four silk bags of high explosive propellant into Little Boy.Ībove: The B-29 Enola Gay in front of the “Little Boy” Bomb Pit. Thanks to the in-depth advance planning by navy ordnance officer Captain Deak Parsons, the August 6, 1945, atomic strike mission to Hiroshima was essentially a “milk run.” Īlthough overloaded because of the five-ton Little Boy atomic bomb, extra fuel, and the two Manhattan Project weaponeers, Enola Gay lifted off from Runway Able, Tinian, at 0245, with The Great Artiste and Necessary Evil close behind. MHT is lucky to have these excerpts from Don’s latest book as we reflect on the dual bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII. Tinian: Atomic Bomb Island by Author & MHT Tour Historian Don Farrell |
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