At the time this photo was made, smoke billowed 20,000 feet above Hiroshima while smoke from the burst of the first atomic bomb had spread over 10,000 feet on the target at the base of the rising column.Two planes of the 509th Composite Group, part of the 313th Wing of the 20th Air Force, participated in this mission, one to carry the bomb, the other to act as escort
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- 1945-08-06
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Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. 9/26/1947
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- National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
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- Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations
Black and White Photographs of U.S. Air Force and Predecessors' Activities, Facilities, and Personnel, Domestic and Foreign - Type
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- Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. 9/26/1947. At the time this photo was made, smoke billowed 20,000 feet above Hiroshima while smoke from the burst of the first atomic bomb had spread over 10,000 feet on the target at the base of the rising column.Two planes of the 509th Composite Group, part of the 313th Wing of the 20th Air Force, participated in this mission, one to carry the bomb, the other to act as escort. 1945-08-06. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/542192. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. 9/26/1947, (1945-08-06) At the time this photo was made, smoke billowed 20,000 feet above Hiroshima while smoke from the burst of the first atomic bomb had spread over 10,000 feet on the target at the base of the rising column.Two planes of the 509th Composite Group, part of the 313th Wing of the 20th Air Force, participated in this mission, one to carry the bomb, the other to act as escort. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/542192
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- Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. 9/26/1947. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://catalog.archives.gov/id/542192>.