6 Feb 1943

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
19 Jul 1944

Mariana Islands
  • In the Mariana Islands, US 7th Air Force launched P-47 aircraft based on Saipan to attack Tinian. ww2dbase [Mariana Islands Campaign | Tinian | CPC]
24 Jul 1944

24 Jul 1944 Photos
US Marines landing on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 24 Jul 1944LVT-2 Water Buffalo carrying US Marines, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 24 Jul 1944
30 Jul 1944

30 Jul 1944 Photos
Wrecked C6N-1 aircraft of Japanese Navy 121st Kokutai in a hangar, Ushi Point Airfield, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 30 Jul 1944. Note the Marine Corps Curtiss R5C-1 Commando in the background.
31 Jul 1944

31 Jul 1944 Photos
A town on Tinian, Mariana Islands in ruins, 31 Jul 1944
8 Jul 1945

8 Jul 1945 Photos
Oblique aerial view of West Field, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 8 Jul 1945.
23 Jul 1945

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 [Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Paul Tibbets | Tinian | CPC]
24 Jul 1945

Mariana Islands
25 Jul 1945

Mariana Islands
29 Jul 1945

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]
5 Aug 1945

5 Aug 1945 Photos
USAAF Colonel Paul Tibbets (center), flight crew member Theodore Van Kirk (third from left), and members of the ground crew for B-29 Superfortress bomber
6 Aug 1945

6 Aug 1945 Photos
Col. Paul Tibbets Jr. waved from the cockpit of Enola Gay, 6 Aug 1945B-29 Superfortress
See all 6 Aug 1945 photos
9 Aug 1945

9 Aug 1945 Photos
New York Times reporter William Laurence and Army information officer Major George Monyhan in front of a B-29 bomber on Tinian, Mariana Islands, 9 Aug 1945.



Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Even $1 per month will go a long way! Thank you.

Please help us spread the word:

 Reddit
 Bluesky
 Mastodon

Stay updated with WW2DB:

 RSS Feeds

Search WW2DB


News

Random Photograph

Portrait of Japanese Minister of War General Jiro Mianmi, 1931

Current Site Statistics

Famous WW2 Quote
"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us... they can't get away this time."

Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, at Guadalcanal


Support Us

Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Even $1 a month will go a long way. Thank you!

Or, please support us by purchasing some WW2DB merchandise at TeeSpring, Thank you!