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Hiroshima bombing order offers glimpse into fateful day
An original copy of the operations order for dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, is on display at the Museum of World War II as the 70th anniversary of the attack is marked Thursday. It is being featured there along with other related artifacts. Note the difference in on-board fuel of the mission aircraft. (news.yahoo.com) Mehr...
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As a side note to this squawk, I had the pleasure of meeting Paul Tibbets Jr., one of the foundrs of EJA (now Net-Jets) in 1977 in Denver when he called on our company. I knew who he was and he knew I knew who he was but we never mentioned August 6, 1945.
What a nice man and gentleman. I bought him lunch at Trader Vic's in the old Cosmo' Hotel and I still have the American Express receipt from that lunch.
What a nice man and gentleman. I bought him lunch at Trader Vic's in the old Cosmo' Hotel and I still have the American Express receipt from that lunch.
Wonderful story! Thank you for sharing it with the Flight Aware crew.
Something aboard # 82 weighed about 2500# more than the load on the other aircraft.
I guess you are looking at the 400 gal difference? 'Little Boy' apparently weighed in at 9,700 lbs or so. Little Boy was about half the weight capacity of the B-29. I wonder what the other 400 gals were for on the other planes.
Very neat part of history. Thanks for finding/sharing.
Did anyone else notice the note at the bottom? "Lt McKnight's crew need not attend briefings." I find that rather curious.
Did anyone else notice the note at the bottom? "Lt McKnight's crew need not attend briefings." I find that rather curious.
The squawk had been down voted which is the right of participants. I exercise my right to not understand why.