Some things you can’t make up!
The photo of the plutonium bomb casing carried by Luis Alvarez is courtesy of Alex Wellerstein’s website Restricted Data.
The photo of the statue of Jesus Christ is from in front of the San Jose Parish Hall on the island of Tinian. I have sent an email to the parish asking about the history of the statue.
This is from “Racing For The Bomb” by Dr. Robert Norris.
“Getting all of the components of the Fat Man bomb to Tinian went on simultaneously with preparing Little Boy. The plutonium, the ‘active material for the hot FM’ as it was referred to, had arrived on July 28, brought from Los Alamos by couriers Peer de Silva and scientist Raemer Schreiber.
Three B-29s departed from Mather Field in Sacramento on July 29 carrying Fat Man cases, pre-assembly units F31, F32 and F33. The plane, the ‘Laggin’ Dragon’ the last to take off, carried the F31 unit-which would soon be dropped on Nagasaki- in the front bomb bay; in the rear bomb bay was a ten-foot statue of Christ that was being taken to Tinian for one of the chaplains.”
Some things you can’t make up.
