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#29. The B-29s visit our 2 by 4 mile Island prior to the end of WW 11. After circling the "Rock", a B-29 lands on Shemya. Obviously, we were capable of accommodating the "Superfortresses" landing on our 10,000 ft. runway. We also had several huge hangers. Shemya /1945-1946. |
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#30. One B-29 parked on Shemya. Notice other B-29s in the background to the left and right of it. The Superfortress had a range of over 3200 miles. It was the B-29s that turned the tide of the entire WW 11 and allowed us to go home sooner, (if one had the "points"). Shemya/ 1945-1946 B-29 Number 8, with large bombay doors opened. This plane carried a crew of ten, and a bomb load of 20,000 pounds and had a cruising speed of 220 miles. Shemya/ 1945-1946. |
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#31. B-29 Number 8, with large bombay doors opened. This plane carried a crew of ten, and a bomb load of 20,000 pounds and had a cruising speed of 220 miles. Shemya/ 1945-1946. |
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#32. B-29 number 38, being checked over by other squadron pilots. The B-29 was equipped with a Fire control system with remotely controlled gun turrets. Shemya/ 1945-1946. |
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#33. B-29s being refueled prior to taking off from Shemya. Unknown to us at that time; two B-29s; the" Enola Gay", and the" Bocks Car", were being modified to deliver the atomic bombs ("Little Boy"&"Fat Man"), from the Mariana Islands to Hiroshima and Nagasaki that would eventually bring an end to WW 11. Shemya/1945-1946. |
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#34. B-29 number 38 "Fresno", gets a final inspection by its pilots. It is said, that the Army's initial plans were to use the B-29s on Shemya to bomb Japan. However, the B-29s did not remain on Shemya, and after they left, the PB4Y2s continued bombing Japan's northern Islands. Shemya/ 1945-1946 |
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