About 1500 miles.
Tinian Island of the North Mariana Islands.
midway island Nope, all the planes (strike bomber and 2 recon bombers) in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing took off from and landed back on Tinian island. The strike bomber for Nagasaki (Bockscar) was so low on fuel that they thought they might have to ditch, but they did make it back ok.
Enola gay and Bockscart
There were two planes escorting the Enola gay and Bockscar which had the equipment.
In the Hiroshima bomb, George Marquardt, served as the photography aircraft officer and in the Nagasaki bomb, Major James I. Hopkins, Jr., served as the photographic aircraft officer.
Tinian Island of the North Mariana Islands.
midway island Nope, all the planes (strike bomber and 2 recon bombers) in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing took off from and landed back on Tinian island. The strike bomber for Nagasaki (Bockscar) was so low on fuel that they thought they might have to ditch, but they did make it back ok.
Enola gay and Bockscart
There were two planes escorting the Enola gay and Bockscar which had the equipment.
The planes would fly from tinian Island.
The planes were both B29 Superfortress'; the Enola Gay (Hiroshima) and Bock's Car (Nagasaki).
The nuclear bombs were the answer to the war and the planes were the Enola gay in Hiroshima and Bock's car in Nagasaki.
On 6 August 1945, Colonel Paul Tibbets piloted the B-29 Enola Gay of the 393rd Bombardment Squadron from the Mariana Island of Tinian, launched from the North Field Airbase, approximately six hours flight time south of the Japanese Islands and dropped Little Boy on the city of Hiroshima.Three days later, 9 August 1945, Major Charles Sweeney piloted the B-29 Bockscar from the same airfield to drop Fat Man on the city of Nagasaki.
The Island of Tinian, which was, in fact, where the planes that dropped the atomic bombs took off from.
Because he was dead, and the first target was Nagasaki but because of poor weather conditions the planes went to the second target, Hiroshima.
In the Hiroshima bomb, George Marquardt, served as the photography aircraft officer and in the Nagasaki bomb, Major James I. Hopkins, Jr., served as the photographic aircraft officer.
They dropped them by bomber planes over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.