![]() Though I do recall reading lone US aircraft did fly around Japan at times taking photographs nearly uncontested. ![]() Though I think they dropped fliers on all major cities and potential military and industrial and other vital targets to organization and supply. ![]() I believe the US dropped warning fliers on both, which would give air forces time to get into position. The military did not push the Bockscar story or decorate the men who flew the missionunlike what happened with the Enola Gay’s. Unlike the Enola Gay that had bombed Hiroshima, Bockscar was not greeted on its return with fanfare and praise. At 2:45 a.m., the plane took off, and at 8:15 a.m., the crew of the Enola Gay released Little Boy, the world’s first nuclear weapon, over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The Japanese did have a lack of pilots, as well, but its not as if they had zero pilots.Įven if the Japanese radio and human intelligence forces failed to detect an attack coming to Hiroshima, what about Nagasaki? At about 5:00 or 5:30 p.m., all three B-29s left Okinawa for Tinian Island, arriving at 10:45 p.m. Sticking his head out just above the plane’s painted nameEnola Gay, after his motherthe 30-year-old husband and father gave a wave and a slight smile and began to taxi. Were no in range? Could they not be scrambled in time? Were none operational at the time?ĭid 2 B29s not generate enough radar return for Japanese radar at that time to detect? Their on paper listed stats show they can fly high enough. What about the N1K and Ki84? High maintenance to be sure and expensive, but there were enough that a few were rotated in while others were be repaired.
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