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Finally the date was set, Aug. 9. 1945. Primary target for the bombing has been an arsenal in the city of Kokura. B-29 arrived at the target zone around 10:44 am. However clouds, flaks and fighters prevented it from precise bombing and it had to rout towards the secondary target. One more problem was the malfunctioning fuel pump, which rendered a 600 gallon auxilary tank useless. That in turn limited the choice of the secondary target, so B-29 set the laura dern course towards Nagasaki. When the bomber arrived at Nagasaki the remaining fuel would only allow it one pass over laura dern the city for bombing, even with emergency landing at Okinawa. The only gap over the area permitted a drop, which missed the original aimpoint by several miles.
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