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"Aerophotos" wrote in message
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| The spare B-29 "Top Secret" was meant to be the replacement for Enola
| Gay for the 6th August... if she had broken down in flight.. and RTB...
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| Does anyone know what happened to Top Secret's bombload? on the Aug 6th
| mission???
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| so that makes 3 atomic weapons on Tinain... so the USAAF could of
| effectively bombed another target.. but chose not to..
|



The enroute divert airfield was on Iwo Jima, the weapon would be swapped
out there. From what I read, Paul Tibbets (sp?) would probably
displace the other pilot as well.




Dave Kearton