![]() The geography of Nagasaki prevents destruction on the same scale as Hiroshima, yet nearly half the city is obliterated. The people flying the B-29s for the atomic bomb. The Japanese had several interceptors with flight ceilings high enough to challenge B-29s, and their anti-aircraft fire could hit them. There were two other B-29s flying with her, The Great Artiste and an unnamed one. ![]() The bomb creates a blast radius one mile wide (1609.34m). A very minor correction, but Enola Gay was not the sole B-29 in that flight. Bombardier Kermit Beahan releases the Fat Man atomic bomb.ġ202 (11:02am in Nagasaki) Fat Man explodes 1,650 feet (502.92m) above the city. Haze makes it too difficult to locate the drop point.ġ132 Major Charles Sweeney, Bockscar’s pilot, makes the decision to turn for the secondary target, Nagasaki, 95 miles south of Kokura.ġ158 Upon arrival over Nagasaki, cloud cover allows for only one drop point, several miles from the intended target. Fred Ashworth arms Fat Man atomic bomb.ġ044 Bockscar arrives at Kokura. Two weather-spotting aircraft, the Enola Gay and Laggin’ Dragon are already airborne.Ġ400 Cmdr. ![]() The target is the Japanese city of Kokura.Ġ3 Support planes the Great Artiste and Big Stink lift off from Tinian. Times are in Tinian Time Unless Otherwise Noted, One Hour Ahead of NagasakiĠ347 The B-29 Superfortress Bockscar lifts off from Tinian with the plutonium bomb Fat Man aboard. NATIONAL ARCHIVES Nagasaki August 9, 1945
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