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Tinian, Mariana Islands, 1945 after airfield construction, looking north to south. The massive North Field, 313th Bombardment Wing in front, West Field, 58th Bombardment Wing, in background. The 313th BW consisted of 4 B-29 Superfortress Bombardment Groups, later adding the 509th Composite Group, which conducted the Atomic Bomb Attacks against ...
The two bomb pits used to load the Little Boy and Fat Man bombs are enclosed with glazed panels. [73] The Navy disestablished the naval advanced base on Tinian on 1 December 1946, [74] but the United States military remained on the island. A fifty-year, 16,100-acre (6,500 ha) lease agreement was signed in 1983, under which the land became the ...
Topographic map of the island of Tinian, showing buildings as of 1999. Tinian is about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) southwest of Saipan, from which it is separated by the Saipan Channel. It has a land area of 39 square miles (100 km 2), with its highest elevation on the Kastiyu plateau at 187 meters (614 ft). It is considerably flatter than Saipan.
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