Overview – Key Documents

Definitive impartial summary of the Pacific War and impact of the U.S. bombing campaign on Japan commissioned by President Truman in 1945. The Summary incorporates Japan’s perspective based on secured Japanese records and interrogation of Japanese military, government, political, industrial and civilian leaders directly following the war.

Official memoir chronicling the operations and bombing missions of the 6th Bomb Group during the war written by the staff of the Commanding Officer at the conclusion of the war.

First person narrative chronicling the daily experience of the war from training to surrender, including the cockpit experience of each bombing mission, by B-29 Navigator 2nd Lt. Donald W. Kearney.

First person narrative chronicling details of the B-29, missions, flight procedures and war experiences from training to surrender by B-29 Flight Engineer 1st Lt. Lawrence Stewart

Story of top secret group that dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including training, Silverplate B-29 development, secrecy, procedures and delivery by 509th Composite Group descendant and legacy member Scott B. Davis.

Evolutionary importance of air power and the decisive role of the B-29 in defeating Japan.

6^th Bomb Group video documentary narrated by B-29 Aircraft Commander 1st Lt. Edgar L. Vincent describes the logistics, mission types and perils of the B-29 bombing missions over Japan

Collaborative historian and Tinian expert Anderson Giles narrates rare silent film footage taken by the secret 509th “atomic” Bomb Group of the training, bomb loading and detonation of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.