Number 1 Bomb Pit
Details:
The bomb pits are on either side of the clearing. Monument The original bomb pit is now filled with pictures and covered with a glass roof. It has a plaque on a stone base at one end.
Monument Text:
Number 1 Bomb Loading Pit Atomic Bomb Loading Pit From this loading pit the first atomic bomb ever to be used in combat was loaded aboard a B-29 aircraft and dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. The bomber, piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr, USAAF, of the 508th Composite Group, Twentieth Air Force, United States Army Air Forces, was loaded late in the afternoobn of August 5, 1945, and at 0245 the following morning took off on its mission. Captain William S. Parsons, USN, was aboard as weaponeer.
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
20th Air Force
393rd Bomb Squadron (Heavy), 509th Composite
United States Air Force
United States Navy
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Pacific Theater
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