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

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Caption     Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 5 of 5 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Tinian, Mariana Islands
Date  Aug 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseNational Museum of the United States Navy
Identification Code   77-BT-174
 
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 900 x 672 pixels



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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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