A mushroom cloud billows into the sky about one hour after an atomic bomb was detonated above Hiroshima, Japan – Atomic Heritage Foundation
“Five minutes out from target, Colonel. Altitude three two three three three feet. Local time zero eight one zero.”
“Acknowledged, Captain. Status of the package, Captain Parsons?”
“Parsons here, Colonel. Package armed in flight. Lt. Jeppson took the final safeties off 25 minutes ago. We’re set down here.”
“Acknowledged, Captain. We are a go for final approach and delivery. Descending to three one zero six zero feet.”
Colonel Paul W. Tibbets Jr. looked out the cockpit window, first to the left and then to his right. The Enola Gay was accompanied by two other B-29s, The Great Artiste was carrying instrumentation for measuring the heat and radiation of the blast, and no-name ship contained the latest photographic equipment to record what has about to happen.
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