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Combat B-29 Modification Programme

United States of America · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1944

Paul Warfield TibbetsAugust 1944

Omaha · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Army Air Forces begins modifying seventeen B-29 aircraft at Omaha for combat delivery of atomic weapons.

Names involved

Paul Warfield Tibbets

Provenance

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