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Nakamoto sighted them from the southernmost point of Kabe-cho. Two of the instruments for observation that were dropped by parachute from the second plane landed on the adjacent mountain of Kabe, one fell at the foot of Shirakiyama mountain, east of Kabe, and the other in the Ayagatani district, west of Fukuouji temple in the west of Kabe. The wind was blowing from the south-east to the north-west in the sky of Hiroshima that day, as evidenced by the state of atomic cloud and the area where the black rain fell after the bombing. The third plane in charge of taking photographs (inserted by Imada) flew the same course as the second plane, but without descending. They left to the Inland Sea through the sky of Niho and Ujina. The second plane dropped instruments for observation and turned to the left. Immediately Enola Gay made a quick turn to the right. They set their sights on the landmark, Aioi Bridge and dropped the A-bomb. Satsuo Nakamoto's study and his Eyewitness Account of the Dropping Object:Įnola Gay and the three accompanying planes came from the sky of Tokushima and Kagawa and went westward into the Setonaikai Inland Sea, passed Onomichi, Mihara, Saijo, Seno, Nakano and entered the sky of Hiroshima. In order to avoid a straight course to the point of explosion, Enola Gay turned to the right and Great Artiste to the left, and both picked up speed by nosedive and left the dropping point.Ĩ:16 The bomb blasted (8:15 according to the official record of Hiroshima-by Imada).
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The parachutes attached to the instruments opened soon. Having caught the standstill radio communication of the moment that Little Boy had left the bomb bay, Great Artiste opened its (inserted by Imada) bomb bay and dropped three measurement instruments. Japan side (inserted by Imada): Western Honshu Military District Headquarters issued a preliminary alert.ħ:30 Japan side (inserted by Imada): The preliminary alert was cancelled.Ĩ:09Ğnola Gay (inserted by Imada) caught the target, Hiroshima in its sight.Ĩ:15 The target, Aioi Bridge, was confirmed.Ĩ:15:17 The A-bomb (inserted by Imada), Little Boy was dropped. At this moment, the destiny of Hiroshima was sealed.Ġ:37 Three weather survey planes took off all together:ġ:47 Great Artiste (scientific survey plane) took off.ġ:49 Plane No.91, Necessary Evil (loaded with photographic equipment) took off.ħ:09 Weather survey plane (Captain Eatherly) commenced the work in the sky of Hiroshima.ħ:25 Weather report from Hiroshima was acknowledged. Earlier than this, three weather survey planes had gone ahead and reported that the weather at the targets, Hiroshima, Kokura and Nagasaki was fine. Two companion planes followed to observe and film the A-bombing…. on August 6 (Japan time), Enola Gay, the A-bomb-loaded B-29 took off from Tinian Island. US military materials - Report of A bombing - translated by Yoshishige Okuzumi, Yozo Kudo, Tetsuo Katsura, and published by Toho Publishing Co.Īt 1:45 a.m. (2) A-Bombing by Enola Gay and other US military aircraft Accordingly, I would revise my description of the US air raid on Hiroshima, quoting the materials obtained from the US armed forces, as follows: He lives in Kabe-cho, Asa-gun and is a former vice principal of the Middle and High Schools attached to Hiroshima University. He and I were in the same group of students mobilized to Hiroshima Aircraft. Satsuo Nakamoto, gave me his precious information based on his many years' study. I heard later that those B-29s then turned back and raided Hiroshima." However my old friend, Mr.
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In my first document, I wrote, "According to the information obtained, three B-29s (an abbreviation for the top-of-the-line large US bombers) came to the sky of Hiroshima through the Bungo Channel and flew off to the east. At a little past seven, an air raid alert was issued, but after about thirty minutes, it was then canceled. That night, I thought I would sleep well because the next day was a long awaited holiday, but I woke up to the noisy sound of cicadas. Aug(Exposure to the A-bomb - at my house in Horikoshi, Niho-machi, Hiroshima) The photographs are not directly connected with the messages.ģ. The scenes of the A-bombed city are introduced here. 'Chokubaku' 6 km from the hypocenter / 13 years old at the time / current resident of Hyogo 12521