Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 5 of 5

Caption     Lowering 'Fat Man' bomb into a bomb pit at the airfield on Tinian, Mariana Islands, Aug 1945, photo 5 of 5 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseNational Museum of the United States Navy
Identification Code   77-BT-174
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Photo Size 900 x 672 pixels
Photos in Series See all 5 photos in this series
Photos at Same Place Tinian, Mariana Islands
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Anonymous says:
7 May 2014 09:02:23 AM

This is Fat Man, not Little Boy. All of the images from this "assembly on Tinian" series are mis-identified as Little Boy.

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