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My grandfather was a meteorologist stationed in the Pacific during WWII. He claimed that he was asked for a weather report for Hiroshima for the day the first b

My grandfather was a meteorologist stationed in the Pacific during WWII. He claimed that he was asked for a weather report for Hiroshima for the day the first bomb was dropped. He didn't know why they wanted the weather report. He also claimed he saw either the Enola Gay or a decoy on his island before the bomb was dropped. I never knew him to lie about anything else, so maybe he was telling the truth.

mhh__ 3y ago
The flights had secondary targets e.g. Kokura was saved by the weather (leading to the bombing of Nagasaki)
- ChickeNES 3y ago
  Also likely sparing the life of Ted Fujita, whose study of the damage of the bombings later informed his work on downdrafts and microbursts.