The Great Artiste
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the-great-artiste-213-278202
title:
The Great Artiste
text:
The Great Artiste was a U.S. Army Air Forces Silverplate B-29 bomber, assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group. The aircraft was named for its bombardier, Captain Kermit Beahan, in reference to his bombing talents. It flew 12 training and practice missions in which it bombed Japanese-held Pacific islands and dropped pumpkin bombs on targets in Japan. It was the only aircraft to have participated in both the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, albeit as an observation aircraft on
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description:
Aircraft used during the raid on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Artiste
date created:
2003-08-12T22:24:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T12:11:00Z
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