10 June 1945
509th Arrives on Tinian
Aircrews of the 509th Composite Group begin arriving on Tinian with specially modified B-29 aircraft.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Tinian in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Aircrews of the 509th Composite Group begin arriving on Tinian with specially modified B-29 aircraft.
Final assembly of Little Boy is completed on Tinian and the weapon is ready for combat use.
Fat Man bomb cases arrive on Tinian and assembly of the plutonium implosion weapon begins.
Tibbets names B-29 number 82 Enola Gay and receives final confirmation for the Hiroshima mission scheduled for the next day.
Arms the uranium weapon used at Hiroshima.
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