6 Feb 1943
Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands
- USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese transport in the Sunharon Roadstead off Tinian, Mariana Islands, hitting her with 1 of 3 torpedoes fired. After sundown, she attacked a destroyer in the same area; the 1 torpedo fired missed. ww2dbase [Flying Fish | Tinian | CPC]
14 Jun 1944
Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands
- USS New Mexico bombarded Tinian, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [New Mexico | Mariana Islands Campaign and the Great Turkey Shoot | Tinian | CPC]
19 Jul 1944
Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands
- In the Mariana Islands, US 7th Air Force launched P-47 aircraft based on Saipan to attack Tinian. ww2dbase [Mariana Islands Campaign and the Great Turkey Shoot | Tinian | CPC]
24 Jul 1944
Photo(s) dated 24 Jul 1944
Photo(s) dated 24 Jul 1944
30 Jul 1944
Photo(s) dated 30 Jul 1944
Photo(s) dated 30 Jul 1944
31 Jul 1944
Photo(s) dated 31 Jul 1944
Photo(s) dated 31 Jul 1944
23 Jul 1945
Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands
- A test bomb in the shape of the atomic bomb Little Boy, designated L-1, was dropped in the sea near Tinian, Mariana Islands from a B-29 bomber piloted by Paul Tibbets, to test the radar altimeter mounted on a B-29 bomber. ww2dbase [Paul Tibbets | Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Tinian | CPC]
24 Jul 1945
Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands
- A test bomb in the shape of the atomic bomb Little Boy, designated L-2, was dropped in the sea near Tinian, Mariana Islands from a B-29 bomber piloted by Paul Tibbets. ww2dbase [Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Paul Tibbets | Tinian | CPC]
25 Jul 1945
Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands
- A test bomb in the shape of the atomic bomb Little Boy, designated L-5, was dropped in the sea near Tinian, Mariana Islands from a B-29 bomber piloted by Paul Tibbets. ww2dbase [Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Paul Tibbets | Tinian | CPC]
29 Jul 1945
Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands
- A test bomb in the shape of the atomic bomb Little Boy, designated L-6, was loaded onto a B-29 bomber. The pilot Charles Sweeney then flew the aircraft from Tinian, Mariana Islands to Iwo Jima, Japan, where emergency procedures for loading the bomb onto a standby aircraft were practiced. ww2dbase [Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Charles Sweeney | Tinian | CPC]
5 Aug 1945
Photo(s) dated 5 Aug 1945
Photo(s) dated 5 Aug 1945
9 Aug 1945
Photo(s) dated 9 Aug 1945
Photo(s) dated 9 Aug 1945
Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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