Caption | Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 5 of 5 ww2dbase | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseNational Museum of the United States Navy | |||||||
Identification Code | 77-BT-174 | |||||||
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Photos in Series | See all photos in this series | |||||||
Photos at Same Place | Tinian, Mariana Islands | |||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
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7 May 2014 09:02:23 AM
This is Fat Man, not Little Boy. All of the images from this "assembly on Tinian" series are mis-identified as Little Boy.