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Michael A. Stecker
mastecker@gmail.com
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Aioi Bridge ("T"-shaped) in Hiroshima Japan
-- 2012
This was the aiming point (ground zero) for the
Enola Gay when it dropped the U-235 Little Boy atomic bomb over Hiroshima
on August 6, 1945. The bomb exploded about 550 feet from the target
at approximately 1900 feet above the ground.
Hiroshima -- US
Air Corps Slide Show
Hiroshima Slide
Show
(requires the MS Windows operating
system to play)
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movie:
Hiroshima 1995
24 hours After Hiroshima videos:
1,
2,
3
music videos: 1,
2,
3
web
reference
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Aioi Bridge ("T"-shaped) in Hiroshima Japan
-- August, 1945 after explosion of "Little Boy" Atomic Bomb
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The "Tinian Joint Chiefs": Captain William S. Parsons
(left), Rear Admiral William R. Purnell (center), and
Brigadier General Thomas F. Farrell (right).
Captain Parsons was in charge of arming the Little Boy A-bomb on the Enola
Gay.
BBC "Days That Shook The World -- Hiroshima" videos:
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2,
3,
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Enola Gay flight crew
(central four from left to right)
Cpt. Robert Lewis (co-pilot), Col. Paul Tibbets (center with pipe,
pilot), Cpt. Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk (navigator),
Maj. Thomas Ferebee (bombardier)
staff and
crew video
Enola Gay photo |
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Maj. Thomas Ferebee, bombardier |
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Enola Gay Tibbets for whom the B-29 A-bomber was named
by son, Col. Paul Tibbets |
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Drawing of mechanism of "Little Boy"
reference |
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