At 17 seconds past 8:15 a.m., "Little Boy", a 9,000-pound uranium-235 core-fissionable atomic bomb was released over Hiroshima, Japan. NELSON was the radio operator on the historic flight that lifted off from Tinian Island at 2:45 A.M. VAN KIRK was the navigator, 2nd Lieutenant MORRIS JEPPSON (1923-2010) was Weapon Test Officer and armed the bomb during the flight, Lieutenant JACOB BESER was radar counter measures (RCM) observer, Staff Sergeant GEORGE R. FEREBEE was the bombardier, Captain THEODORE J. The Enola Gay, a modified B-29, dropped the world's first atomic bomb used in war. Jeppson/Weapon Test Officer/Enola Gay, Hiroshima 6 Aug. 1945".Īnnotated photograph signed "Morris R. He also signed this photo with the name of the bomber and the first use of the atomic bomb in warfare: "Enola Gay, Hiroshima 6 Aug. Jeppson, Weapon Test Officer" by Jeppson. Color photo of the Enola Gay, signed "Morris R.
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