'We were told we were going to photograph the dropping of a new type of bomb and that's all, he said.
Scheffe's assignment started as a secret and he and his crew were confined to their quarters for several days before the flight. 'We could see lots of smoke and lots of fire, he said. The plane, called an F-13 because of its modification, circled the mushroom cloud that was the bomb's aftermath. Smoke and fire covered the Japanese city as Scheffe and crew flew over in a special B-29 altered to take aerial photos, the Enid pharmacist said. Scheffe and his 10-member crew documented in photographs the secret mission to drop the first of two atomic bombs that ended World War II. 6, 1945.īut the world remembers the pictures taken from the Yokohama Yo-Yo, piloted by Enid resident Walter Scheffe 59 years ago today over Hiroshima.
ENID Few may remember the name of the plane that took off an hour after the Enola Gay on Aug.
