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9th bomb group image

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  • TVL1970 said:
    A "Silverplate" B-29 (B-29-40-MO), USAAF Ser. No. 44-27353, "The Great Artiste," belonging to the atomic 393rd Bomb Squadron of the 509th Composite Group on Tinian. The Great Artiste was the only aircraft to fly as part of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb missions. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Artiste

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  • TVL1970 said:
    Martin-Omaha manufactured "Silverplate" B-29 (B-29-35-MO, later modified to B-29-36-MO), USAAF Ser. 44-27296, named "Some Punkins" (ex- "Some Pumpkins"), built as part of the atomic bomb effort. Note the "Fat Man" mission markings, representing the number of times this aircraft bombed Japan with high-explosive bombs shaped like the plutonium-implosion device dropped by "Bockscar" (USAAF Ser. No. 44-27297) over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. These high-explosive versions of the "Fat Man" nuclear device were known as "Pumpkin Bombs," hence this aircraft's name. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Punkins en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverplate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin_bomb

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  • r_frank_g said:
    This is the B-29 that dropped the “Fat Man” atomic bomb on Nagasaki...