
Caption | Commander A. Francis Birch (painting L-11) and Norman Ramsey with 'Little Boy', Tinian, Mariana Islands, Jul-Aug 1945 ww2dbase | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | |||||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
Added Date | 7 May 2014 | |||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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C. Peter Chen says:
23 Aug 2017 09:16:26 AM
Little Boy assemblies were designated L-1, L-2, L-3, L-4, L-5, L-6, L-7, and L-11.
L-1, L-2, L-5, and L-6 were used in test drops.
L-3, L-4, and L-7 were never used.
L-11 was the bomb dropped over Hiroshima, Japan.

23 Aug 2017 09:16:26 AM
Little Boy assemblies were designated L-1, L-2, L-3, L-4, L-5, L-6, L-7, and L-11.
L-1, L-2, L-5, and L-6 were used in test drops.
L-3, L-4, and L-7 were never used.
L-11 was the bomb dropped over Hiroshima, Japan.
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23 Aug 2017 06:48:17 AM
It looks very much like Birch is actually painting "Little Boy" on the side - not L-11