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A Pilot's Story
Robert O. (Bob) Bigelow taxied his lumbering four-engine Boeing B-29 Superfortress to the end of Guam's North Field Runway...
bigelow.pdf 539.40 kB
Valor: Missions Accomplished
Source: Air Force Magazine, January 1994
By John L. Frisbee
Contributing Editor
On the bomb run, the lead B-29 was hit by flak and burst into flame.
A Brave Man At The Right Time
Source: Air Force Magazine, June 2007
By John T. Correll Contributing Editor The phosphorous bomb was loose inside the airplane, burning at 1,300 degrees. SSgt. Red Erwin seized it in his bare hands and fought his way to the copilot’s window.
Contributions To The War Effort
Source: Pratt Community College
Bulletin of Information
Volumn Seven
1944 - 1945
Bockscar's Bash
The second atomic bomb mission almost failed!
Note: Also mentions when Paul Tibbets was at PAAF
BockscarsBash.pdf 144.63 kB