6 Feb 1943
Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands
- USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese transport in the Sunharon Roadstead off Tinian, Mariana Islands, hitting her with 1 of 3 torpedoes fired. After sundown, she attacked a destroyer in the same area; the 1 torpedo fired missed. ww2dbase [Flying Fish | Tinian | CPC]
14 Jun 1944
Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands
- USS New Mexico bombarded Tinian, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [New Mexico | Mariana Islands Campaign and the Great Turkey Shoot | Tinian | CPC]
19 Jul 1944
Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands
- In the Mariana Islands, US 7th Air Force launched P-47 aircraft based on Saipan to attack Tinian. ww2dbase [Mariana Islands Campaign and the Great Turkey Shoot | Tinian | CPC]
23 Jul 1945
Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands
- A test bomb in the shape of the atomic bomb Little Boy, designated L-1, was dropped in the sea near Tinian, Mariana Islands from a B-29 bomber piloted by Paul Tibbets, to test the radar altimeter mounted on a B-29 bomber. ww2dbase [Paul Tibbets | Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Tinian | CPC]
24 Jul 1945
Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands
- A test bomb in the shape of the atomic bomb Little Boy, designated L-2, was dropped in the sea near Tinian, Mariana Islands from a B-29 bomber piloted by Paul Tibbets. ww2dbase [Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Paul Tibbets | Tinian | CPC]
25 Jul 1945
Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands
- A test bomb in the shape of the atomic bomb Little Boy, designated L-5, was dropped in the sea near Tinian, Mariana Islands from a B-29 bomber piloted by Paul Tibbets. ww2dbase [Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Paul Tibbets | Tinian | CPC]
29 Jul 1945
Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands
- A test bomb in the shape of the atomic bomb Little Boy, designated L-6, was loaded onto a B-29 bomber. The pilot Charles Sweeney then flew the aircraft from Tinian, Mariana Islands to Iwo Jima, Japan, where emergency procedures for loading the bomb onto a standby aircraft were practiced. ww2dbase [Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Charles Sweeney | Tinian | CPC]
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