Three days later, just after 11 on the morning of 9th August, a second atomic bomb nicknamed `Fat Man’ exploded above the city of Nagasaki. Many were instantly vaporized by the explosion, others died afterwards from the effects of burns and radiation. Delivering the equivalent of around 12.5 kilotons of TNT, the bomb reduced 5 square miles of the city center to ashes and caused the deaths of an estimated 120,000 people within the first four days following the blast. The bomb, nicknamed `Little Boy’, was dropped from the USAAF B29 bomber `Enola Gay’ and exploded some 1,800 feet above the city. The entire piece measures 14.25 inches by 12.5 inches.Īt 8:15 on the morning of 6th August 1945, the Japanese city of Hiroshima was devastated by the first atomic bomb to be used as a weapon of war. Nelson, and First Lieutenant Jacob Beser.
“Bob” Caron, Major Thomas Ferebee, Pilot Colonel Paul W. Signed and inscribed by six members of the crew: Navigator Captain Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, Sergeant George R. Item Number: 106032īlack and white photograph of the entire crew of the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. Jeppson Thomas Ferebee Dutch Van Kirk George R. Caron Richard Nelson Jacob Beser.
