Posted by Phil9N3667 on October 25, 2014 at 16:04:51 from (70.208.162.218):
In Reply to: OT, B-29 Superfortress posted by Mike(NEOhio) on October 25, 2014 at 14:51:01:
When the Enola Gay left Tinian Island to drop the first A bomb, she weighed 65 tons, according to the book, "The Making of The Atomic Bomb", by Richard Rhodes. This was 15,000 pounds overweight and with 7,00 gallons of fuel!! The bomb itself weighed 8,000 pounds and when it dropped out of the plane, it says "the plane jumped" and Tibbets drove away!! This book has way too much many minor (to me) details, but it exhibits why we needed the the "bomb" and what would have happened had we not dropped the two bombs on Japan. The B-29 was an awesome piece of airplane!!
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