![]() ![]() The bomb release mechanism in the forward bomb bay was replaced by a single-point release as was used in special British Lancaster bombers. The bomb bay doors were operated by quick-acting pneumatic systems. Additional fuel tanks were installed in the rear bomb bay. They were approximately 7,200 pounds (3,266 kilograms) lighter. The Silverplate B-29s differed from the standard production bombers in many ways. Like its sistership, Enola Gay, 44-27297 was a specially modified “Silverplate” B-29. Sweeney,¹ in command of the Martin-Omaha B-29-35-MO Superfortress 44-27297, named Bockscar, departed Tinian Island in the Marshal Group at 3:47 a.m., and flew to Iwo Jima where it was to rendezvous with two other B-29s, The Great Artiste and The Big Stink, the instrumentation and photographic aircraft for this mission. Air Force)ĩ August 1945: Three days after an atomic bomb had been used against the Japanese industrial city of Hiroshima, a second attack was made on Nagasaki. This was replaced by a “Triangle N” marking for the actual bombing mission. Note the 509th’s “Circle Arrow” tail insignia. The “nose art” was added after the 9 August mission. Martin-Omaha B-29-35-MO Superfortress 44-27297, Bockscar, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
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