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Tinian Island, part of the Mariana Island chain, fell to the Japanese after World War I. It was captured by the United States on June 15, 1944. From December 1944 until the end of World War II, the island was an air base for Boeing B-29 Superfortresses. It was the loading point for atomic weapons onto the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Silverplate "Enola Gay." Private Gordon Lowenberg served in the photo lab of the 20th Air Force.
NASM.2013.0012
United States. Army. Air Corps
bulk 1945
Miriam Lowenberg-Black, Gift, 2012
0.29 Cubic feet ((1 box))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 504 black and white photographs, mostly taken on Tinian Island during World War II. The photographs are snapshots or small reproductions of official Army Air Corps photography taken by 20th Air Force photographers. The photos show daily activities on Tinian, including shots of base facilities, interactions with local people, a military funeral, aircraft nose art, and Boeing B-29 Superfortresses. There are also shots taken in Guam, New Guinea, India, and aerial photography of Japan. There is also a small amount of captured Japanese photography
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Tinian Island World War II Photography [Lowenberg], Accession 2013-0012, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
Aeronautics
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