HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI 70TH ANNIVERSARY

On 6^th August, 1945 Captain Robert Lewis, co-pilot, of the Enola Gay B29 bomber wrote a log-book of the Atom bomb raid on Hiroshima.

Three days later, in spite of experiencing the horrific result, the US dropped another Atom bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.

The reason for the total devastating result was to make Japan total surrender. A second reason, in my opinion, was to see the result an atom bomb could cause. 

His son decided to sell the drawings, and documents. The actual log book had been sold before.

Captain Lewis died of a heart attack in 1983 age 65.

In his account he said: “My God what have we done?” He also mentioned the airmen’s shock when they turned the plane to see the bomb’s effect. He said: “I am certain the entire crew felt this experience was more then anyone human had ever thought possible. Just how many did we kill? If I live a hundred years I’ll never quite get those few minutes out of my mind.”

In the documents it shows exactly how the US air crew were planning the attack.

One plan shows how the Enola Gay approached at an altitude of 30,000ft. Further details were that the plan would drop its deadly load two miles short of the target, then veer away to the right to return at 28,500ft.

The documents show the air burst half a mile above the city and the shock waves the explosion would create.

An expert stated that Captain Lewis had the altitude of 30,000ft wrong because the plane came in at 35,000ft and therefore it is assumed that it was drawn prior to the flight.

These historical, important documents had never been seen before.

It is estimated that 150,000 people had been killed in Hiroshima.

Within one week after the second bomb was dropped at Nagasaki, Japan surrendered.

COVER-UP BY THE US

After the destruction the US did not wanted the world to know the truth. They began to suppress any film and pictures taken of the evidence.

The US military crews shot colour footage and the Japanese newsreel films were all confiscated and an order was given to stop all further filming in those areas.

Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Daniel A McGovern was a photographer ordered to documenting the results. They filmed the aftermath of both atomic bomb detonations.

He returned with 90,000 feet colour footage which was confiscated and he was told it was top secret. He was told that they did not want those images out because they showed the effects on people. “They didn’t want the public to know what their weapons had done at a time they were planning more bomb tests. We were sorry for our sins.”

Japanese films were suppressed for 25 years and US military film was not seen until the early 1980.