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JAPAN
- A second atomic bomb is dropped on Japan. A B-29 from
the 509th CG leaves North Field, Tinian at 0230 hours; The
B-29 is followed by 2 observation B-29's. The primary target,
Kokura, is obscured by bad weather; the attack is made against
the secondary target, Nagasaki. The bomb, dropped from 28,900
feet at 1058 hours (local), explodes one minute after release.
Japanese report 24,000 killed. The attacking B-29's refuel
on Okinawa, and return to Tinian by 2339 hours. |
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above account comes from "Air War Pacific Chronology: America's
Air War Against Japan in East Asia and the Pacific 1941-1945"
by Eric Hammel, (Pacifica, CA: Pacifica Press, 1988, ISBN
0-935553-26-6) |
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Mitsubishi
Steel Mill
15 Miles from Impact Point
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Main
Rail Station
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Nagasaki
Police Chief (l)
Domei News Reporter (r)
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Photos
courtesy of Marvin Demanzuk, Radar Operator, P-02
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