Top Secret (aircraft)

Top Secret was the name of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress (B-29-36-MO 44–27302, "victor number' 72) modified to carry the atomic bomb in World War II.

The 509th assigned it to crew B-8 (1st Lt. Charles F. McKnight, aircraft commander) and it was flown to Wendover Army Air Field, Utah.

The plane flew two other pumpkin bomb missions, to Taira (1st Lt. Joseph E. Westover and crew A-4) and Yokkaichi (Capt.

In June 1949 Top Secret was transferred to the 97th Bombardment Group at Biggs Air Force Base, Texas.

In September 1953 it was sent to the 3040th Aircraft Storage Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, where it was scrapped in July 1954.

509th Composite Group B-29s on Tinian after the atomic bomb missions