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WWII, Little Boy, Nuclear Weapon

Little Boy unit, the bomb that was dropped in Hiroshima, on trailer cradle in pit (note bomb bay door in upper right-hand corner). "Little Boy" was the codename for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets of the 393rd Bombardment Squadron of the United States Army Air Forces. It was the first atomic bomb to be used as a weapon. The second, the "Fat Man", was dropped three days later on Nagasaki.
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Title:
WWII, Little Boy, Nuclear Weapon
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Little Boy unit, the bomb that was dropped in Hiroshima, on trailer cradle in pit (note bomb bay door in upper right-hand corner). "Little Boy" was the codename for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets of the 393rd Bombardment Squadron of the United States Army Air Forces. It was the first atomic bomb to be used as a weapon. The second, the "Fat Man", was dropped three days later on Nagasaki.
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33.0 x 36.8 cm | 13.0 x 14.5 in (300 dpi)