Image: Nagasaki Harbor looking east, August 1, 1945

Size of this preview: 800 × 536 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 214 pixels | 1,204 × 806 pixels.

Original image ‎(1,204 × 806 pixels, file size: 210 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description: A personally taken photo of Nagasaki harbor on August 1st, 1945 by Flight Officer Bruce C. Saxton of the 7th Air Force, 11th Bomb Group, with the photo taken from a B-24 bomber. This photo was taken only eight days before the atomic bombing of the city itself. The photo was developed on November 26, 1945 and the writing on the back reads: "East toward Nagasaki". The date of the photo is from the mission, cataloged as on August 1st, 1945 in a mission log.
Title: Nagasaki Harbor looking east, August 1, 1945
Credit: Personal photos from Flight Officer Bruce C. Saxton of the 7th Air Force 11th Bomb Group, provided through family
Author: Flight Officer Bruce C. Saxton of the 7th Air Force 11th Bomb Group
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No

Image usage

The following page links to this image:

Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise.