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509TH COMPOSITE GROUP Office of the Operations Officer APO 247, c/o Postmaster San Francisco, California 5 August 1945 OPERATIONS ORDER) NUMBER 35 ) Weather at 2230 Strike at 2330 Out of Sacks: Date of Mission: 6 August 1945 Briefings: See below Mess 2315 to 0115 Weather Ships at 0200 (Approx) Strike Ships at 0300 (Approx) 39 at 2330 52 at 0030 Take-off: Lunches Trucks 3 at 0015 4 at 0115 A/C NO. VICTOR NO. CREW SUBS PASSENGERS. (To Follow) APCO Weather Mission: 298 303 301 302 83 71 85 72 Taylor Wilson Eatherly Alternate A/O Combat Strike: 292 353 291 354 304 82 Tibbets AS Briefed 89 91 90 88 Sweeney Marquardt McKnight Alternate for Marquardt GAS: #82 -7000 gals. All others - 7400 gals. AMMUNITION: 1000 rds/gun in all A/C. BOMBS: Special. CAMIRAS: K18 in #82 and #90. Other installations per verbal orders. RELIGIOUS SERVICES: Catholic at 2200 Protestant at 2230 BRIEFINGS: Weather Ships General Briefing in Combat Crew Lounge at 2300. Special Briefings at 2330 as follows: AC and Pilots in Combat Crew Lounge Nav Radar Operators in Library Radio Operators in Communications Flight 3ngineers in Operations Mess at 2330 Trucks at 0015 Strike Mission: General Briefing in Combat Crew Loungo at 2400 Special Briefings at O030 as follows: AC and Pilots in Combat Crew Lounge Nav and Radar Operators in Library Radio Operators at Communications Flight 3ngineers at Opcrations Mess at 0030 Trucks at 0115 TOTE: Lt McKnight's crow need not attend briefings. JAMES I. HOPKINS, JR, Major, Air Corps, Operations Officer.

The strike order authorizing the Hiroshima bombing


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