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Image: Commander Frederick L. Ashworth in front of the Enola Gay

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Description: Photograph of Commander Frederick L. "Dick" Ashworth in front of the Enola Gay, the aircraft that bombed Hiroshima. Ashworth served as the weaponeer on the B-29 Bockscar that dropped a Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan on 9 August 1945 during World War II.
Title: Commander Frederick L. Ashworth in front of the Enola Gay
Credit: Commander Frederick L. Ashworth, Usn, Who Flew As Bomb Commander And Weaponeer In The B-29 'Bockscar' On The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Mission. Marianas Islands. (U.S. Air Force Number 59471AC), U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Author: U.S. Federal Government
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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