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Data: 18/6/2004 13.38.9
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FAT MAN
e il suo risultato su nagasaki
FAT MAN
The plutonium bomb Fat Man was loaded into a B-29 known as Bock's Car (Martin-Omaha-built B-29-35-MO serial number 44-27297), named after its commander, Capt. Frederick C. Bock. However, on this mission, the aircraft was flown by Major Sweeney, with Capt. Bock flying one of the observation planes. The primary target was to be Kokura Arsenal, with Nagasaki as the alternative.
Bock's Car took off on August 9, with "Fat Man" on board. This time, the primary target of Kokura was obscured by dense smoke left over from the earlier B-29 raid on nearby Yawata, and the bombardier could not pinpoint the specified aiming point despite three separate runs. So Sweeney turned to the secondary target, Nagasaki. There were clouds over Nagasaki as well, and a couple of runs over the target had to be made before the bombardier could find an opening in the clouds. At 11:00am, "Fat Man" was released from the aircraft and the bomb exploded. The yield was estimated at 22 kilotons. Approximately 35,000 people died at Nagasaki in the immediate blast.
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