Aerophotos wrote:
The spare B-29 "Top Secret" was meant to be
the replacement for Enola
Gay for the 6th August... if she had broken
down in flight.. and RTB...

Does anyone know what happened to Top Secret's
bombload? on the Aug 6th
mission???

so that makes 3 atomic weapons on Tinain...
so the USAAF could of
effectively bombed another target.. but chose
not to..

Matt Tauber wrote:

George Marquardt died on 8/15. Marquardt
was the pilot of "Necessary Evil",
the B29 that photographed the Hiroshima blast.

Does anyone know if "Necessary Evil" still
exists...or other planes from the
509th? I know "Bockscar" is at the WPAFB
museum, and "Enola Gay" is safely
in storage where no one can be offended by
it. How about the other 12
planes, like "Strange Cargo" or "Next Objective".
Any thoughts?

Matt Tauber

--
Top Secret was the spare waiting at Iwo Jima in case of a problem with
Enola Gay en route-they would
have landed at Iwo and transferred the bomb to Top Secret and pressed on
with the mission. Only two bombs were at Tinian-No.3 (a Fat Man type) wasn't
to be shipped until Aug. 11th. from Los Alamos.

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