Mushroom cloud (A few minutes after detonation)

Mushroom cloud (A few minutes after detonation)

Mushroom cloud captured a few minutes after the detonation of the atomic bomb; taken about 6.5 kilometers northeast of the hypocenter. According to records held by the United States Armed Forces, the cloud billowed to 9,000 meters in the sky within three minutes of the blast. The photograph was taken by Seiso Yamada, then 17, who was walking to visit Mikumari Gorge in Fuchu-cho, Aki County in Hiroshima Prefecture, with his friends. They were watching a B-29 and a parachute in the sky from the entrance to the gorge when a flash, a rumbling of the ground, and a roar suddenly hit them. Trees in the pine forest around them shook violently from the blast, and a huge mushroom cloud rose rapidly, which he photographed with a Japan-made camera he had brought with him. (The parachute Mr. Yamada saw is believed to have been the blast measurement instrumentation dropped by one of the planes accompanying the Enola Gay.) **Editorial use only, Commercial use not possible**, Credit: Seiso Yamada/Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Exhibition - Washington

The original Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay aircraft and bomber responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is displayed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC, USA on November 8, 2024. Photo by NLBeeld/Robert Meerding/Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Monument on Miyagi mountain for B-29 crashes

Monument on Miyagi mountain for B-29 crashes

SENDAI, Japan - The "Cenotaph of Fubo," built for 34 U.S. crew members who died in crashes of three B-29 bombers on the ridge of Mt. Fubo on March 10, 1945, the day of the so-called Great Tokyo Air Raids, is seen on Aug. 2, 2014, in Shiraishi, Miyagi Prefecture.

Man shows photos of B-29s crashed in 1945

Man shows photos of B-29s crashed in 1945

SENDAI, Japan - Hiroshi Kawamata speaks in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 3, 2014, about his experience with showing pictures of U.S. B-29 bombers taken four months after they crashed on the ridge of Mt. Fubo in Shiraishi, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 1945, the day of the so-called Great Tokyo Air Raids. Residents in the city are planning to hold a memorial service for 34 crew members killed in the three B-29 crashes, in 2015, the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War.

Last survivor of 12-member Enola Gay bomber crew dies

Last survivor of 12-member Enola Gay bomber crew dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 2007 shows Theodore Van Kirk, the navigator of the Enola Gay, the U.S. bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. The last survivor of the 12-member crew of the B-29 Superfortress has died at the age of 93.

Last survivor of 12-member Enola Gay bomber crew dies

Last survivor of 12-member Enola Gay bomber crew dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2010 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum near Washington, the United States, shows the Enola Gay, the U.S. bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. Theodore Van Kirk, the last survivor of the 12-member crew of the B-29 Superfortress has died at the age of 93.

69th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

69th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - A memorial service is held at Tokyo Memorial Hall in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on March 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital. One estimate puts the death toll from the predawn air raids, involving more than 300 U.S. B-29 bombers, at around 100,000.

69th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

69th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - A memorial service is held at Tokyo Memorial Hall in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on March 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital. One estimate puts the death toll from the predawn air raids, involving more than 300 U.S. B-29 bombers, at around 100,000.

69th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

69th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - A woman offers flowers at Tokyo Memorial Hall in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on March 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital. One estimate puts the death toll from the predawn air raids, involving more than 300 U.S. B-29 bombers, at around 100,000.

69th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

69th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - Women offer flowers at Tokyo Memorial Hall in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on March 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital. One estimate puts the death toll from the predawn air raids, involving more than 300 U.S. B-29 bombers, at around 100,000.

67th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

67th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - People offer prayers during a memorial service in Tokyo on March 10, 2012, the 67th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital. One estimate puts the death toll from the air raids, involving more than 300 U.S. B-29 bombers, at around 100,000.

Commemorating Tokyo air raid

Commemorating Tokyo air raid

TOKYO, Japan - Women offer chrysanthemums at the cenotaph for victims of the March 10, 1945, U.S. air raid on Tokyo in Sumida Park in Tokyo's Taito Ward on March 10, 2011, the event's 66th anniversary. An estimated 100,000 people were killed in the single night's attack involving over 300 B-29 bombers.

Curator says showing damage of A-bomb with B-29 bomber 'challenging'

Curator says showing damage of A-bomb with B-29 bomber 'challenging'

WASHINGTON, United States - Dik Daso, curator for modern military aircraft, is interviewed in late April at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, with the restored Enola Gay B-29 bomber which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945 being exhibited on his back.

Civilians riding oxcart, walking through Tokyo during wartime

Civilians riding oxcart, walking through Tokyo during wartime

TOKYO, Japan - Survivors of the May 25, 1945 air raids by B-29 bombers on Tokyo are seen walking and riding an oxcart through scorched Tokyo. The attack was the second deadliest after the March 10, 1945 air raids on the capital in which about 100,000 were killed. The photo was taken in Tokyo on May 30, 1945.

Memorial service held for U.S. crewmen of B-29 shot down over Chiba

Memorial service held for U.S. crewmen of B-29 shot down over Chiba

KISARAZU, Japan - Two Buddhist priests recite a sutra during the first memorial service held in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 8 for 12 American airmen who died when their B-29 bomber was shot down by Japanese artillery fire during World War II. About 150 Japanese and American nationals attended the service, among them Col. Edward McAllister of the U.S. air force, an attache at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo.

A-Bomb survivors visit Enola Gay, urge Bush to visit Hiroshima

A-Bomb survivors visit Enola Gay, urge Bush to visit Hiroshima

WASHINGTON, United States - Yoshio Sato, 75, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II, speaks to reporters in front of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, in Virginia on Aug. 4. Sato and two other survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki visited the museum displaying the Enola Gay B-29 bomber.

Enola Gay map auctioned off at Christie's for $72,000

Enola Gay map auctioned off at Christie's for $72,000

NEW YORK, United States - A highly detailed map once used by the crew aboard Enola Gay (in photo), which dropped the atomic bomb over Hiroshima in the closing days of World War II, was sold for $72,000 at Christie's auction house in New York on Nov. 15. The map, printed on weave cloth for durability, was carried on the flight by co-pilot Robert A. Lewis, who had carefully drawn arrows of the B-29's flight path to Hiroshima to drop the nuclear device and the return journey.

A-bomb survivors from Nagasaki see B-29 that dropped bomb

A-bomb survivors from Nagasaki see B-29 that dropped bomb

DAYTON, Ohio - An atomic-bomb survivor from Nagasaki looks at the B-29 bomber Bockscar, which dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki in August 1945, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, on May 5. Ten members of a Nagasaki-based nongovernmental organization calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons visited the museum.

Enola Gay display should be improved, Japanese activists say

Enola Gay display should be improved, Japanese activists say

WASHINGTON, United States - Tomomi Kuwabara, an A-bomb survivor and a member of the Japan Congress Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, speaks to reporters in front of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington on April 29. Kuwabara said that his association has asked the museum to improve the display of the Enola Gay so visitors can learn about the strike's impact on the city and its people.

Enola Gay co-pilot's log fetches $350,000 at Christie's

Enola Gay co-pilot's log fetches $350,000 at Christie's

NEW YORK, United States - The flight log of Capt. Robert Lewis, the co-pilot of the B-29 bomber Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, sold for $350,000 at Christie's auction in New York on March 27.

Enola Gay co-pilot's log fetches $350,000 at Christie's

Enola Gay co-pilot's log fetches $350,000 at Christie's

NEW YORK, United States - The flight log of Capt. Robert Lewis, the co-pilot of the B-29 bomber Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, sold for $350,000 at Christie's auction in New York on March 27.

Enola Gay display should be improved, Japanese activists say

Enola Gay display should be improved, Japanese activists say

WASHINGTON, United States - Tomomi Kuwabara, an A-bomb survivor and a member of the Japan Congress Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, speaks to reporters in front of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington on April 29. Kuwabara said that his association has asked the museum to improve the display of the Enola Gay so visitors can learn about the strike's impact on the city and its people. (Kyodo)

A-bomb survivors from Nagasaki see B-29 that dropped bomb

A-bomb survivors from Nagasaki see B-29 that dropped bomb

DAYTON, Ohio - An atomic-bomb survivor from Nagasaki looks at the B-29 bomber Bockscar, which dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki in August 1945, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, on May 5. Ten members of a Nagasaki-based nongovernmental organization calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons visited the museum. (Kyodo)

Enola Gay exhibition winds up

Enola Gay exhibition winds up

Visitors to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington have a final look at the cockpit of Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, on Aug. 6, 1945. The controversial exhibition closed May 18 with little notice or fanfare after a three-year run. ==Kyodo

Above And Beyond film (1952)

Above And Beyond film (1952)

Stephen Dunne, Robert Taylor, Larry Keating, Larry Gates & James Whitmore Characters: Maj. Harry Bratton, Co-pilot B-29 tests, Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets 509th Composite Group CO (pilot of Enola Gay), Maj. Gen. Vernon C. Brent, Capt. William 'Deak' Parsons, USN, Maj. William 'Bill' Uanna - Security Officer, Operation Silverplate Film: Above And Beyond (1952) Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama 21 November 1952 Date: 21-Nov-52

Above And Beyond film (1952)

Above And Beyond film (1952)

James Whitmore, Robert Taylor, Larry Gates, Larry Keating & Stephen Dunne Characters: Maj. William 'Bill' Uanna - Security Officer, Operation Silverplate, Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets 509th Composite Group CO (pilot of Enola Gay), Capt. William 'Deak' Parsons, USN, Maj. Gen. Vernon C. Brent, Maj. Harry Bratton, Co-pilot B-29 tests Film: Above And Beyond (1952) Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama 21 November 1952 Date: 21-Nov-52

Above And Beyond film (1952)

Above And Beyond film (1952)

Stephen Dunne, Jonathan Cott, Jeff Richards, Dick Simmons & Robert Taylor Characters: Maj. Harry Bratton, Co-pilot B-29 tests, Capt. Dutch van Kirk (navigator, Enola Gay), Maj. Thomas Ferebee (Enola Gay bombardier), Capt. Robert A. Lewis (co-pilot, Enola Gay), Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets 509th Composite Group CO (pilot of Enola Gay) Film: Above And Beyond (1952) Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama 21 November 1952 Date: 21-Nov-52

Pacific War History 19: B-29s on their way to bomb the Japanese mainland

Aerial view of U.S. pilots on a B-29 on their way to bomb the Japanese mainland, and Iwo Jima struggling as Japanese planes intercept them, date of shooting unknown, release date: January 1, 1951. Date of release: January 1, 1951.

Pacific War History 19: U.S. Forces Capture Iwo Jima

Japanese POWs call for surrender, U.S. soldiers shoot Japanese soldiers hiding in a cave, Japanese soldiers surrender, Japanese POWs tell U.S. soldiers where the Japanese are, U.S. tanks and soldiers attack with flamethrowers. U.S. tanks and soldiers attacking with flamethrowers, Japanese soldiers being taken out naked, the Stars and Stripes being raised, U.S. soldiers staring at the Stars and Stripes on the graves of U.S. war dead, U.S. wounded walking through graves, tens of thousands of tons of artillery shells, U.S. Marine Corps engineering teams working to expand the airfield, B-29 fighters returning to the airfield on Iwo Jima, and U.S. troops on Okinawa and mainland Japan. Description, Date of shooting unknown, Release date: January 1, 1951.

Smokescreen created over Yawata mill before A-bombing of Nagasaki

Smokescreen created over Yawata mill before A-bombing of Nagasaki

Satoru Miyashiro, a former worker at the Yawata Steel Works in Fukuoka Prefecture, gives an interview at his home in Oita, southwestern Japan, in February 2015. He said he was one of the workers who burned coal tar to create a smokescreen at the steel works to avoid air raids on Aug. 9, 1945, during World War II. The B-29 Bockscar was diverted from its first target, Kokura, due to low visibility and the atomic bomb was dropped on the secondary target, Nagasaki, the same day, though the role of the intentional smokescreen in averting the attack remains unclear as the visibility of the area was obscured partly by smoke from a conventional air raid the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

B-29 bomber that dropped A-bomb on Nagasaki displayed at U.S. museum

B-29 bomber that dropped A-bomb on Nagasaki displayed at U.S. museum

Photo taken April 19, 2015, shows the B-29 "Bockscar" that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, during World War II, exhibited at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo