Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 5 of 5

Caption   Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 5 of 5 ww2dbase
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Added Date 6 Jun 2014

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1. Anonymous says:
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.

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