Silverplate was the code reference for the United States Army Air Forces' participation in the Manhattan Project during World War II. Originally the name...

reduced defensive firepower as the nuclear weapons-delivery intended Silverplate B-29 airframes and could carry greater fuel and bomb loads as a result...

The Taunton Silverplate Company, also known as the Taunton Silver Plate Company, was an American manufacturing company active in Taunton, Massachusetts...

the officers in Silverplate when they were adopting their own codenames for their own project (including "Silverplate"). As Silverplate involved modifying...

the second – and most recent – nuclear attack in history. One of 15 Silverplate B-29s used by the 509th, Bockscar was built at the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft...

Plating is a finishing process in which a metal is deposited on a surface. Plating has been done for hundreds of years; it is also critical for modern...

393d Bomb Squadron of the 509th Composite Group. It was one of fifteen Silverplate B-29s used by the 509th. Top Secret was built at the Glenn L. Martin...

Company was one of the largest American manufacturers of sterling and silverplate and a foundry for bronze sculpture. Gorham Silver was founded in Providence...

States Army Air Forces was trained and equipped with the specialized Silverplate version of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, and deployed to Tinian in the...

United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). A cover story was devised that Silverplate was about modifying a Pullman car for use by President Franklin Roosevelt...

as a "composite", rather than a "bombardment" formation. It operated Silverplate B-29s, which were specially configured to enable them to carry nuclear...

required. The Army Air Forces Materiel Command at Wright Field, Ohio, began Silverplate, the codename for the modification of the B-29, in November 1943. Test...

The Great Artiste was a U.S. Army Air Forces Silverplate B-29 bomber (B-29-40-MO 44-27353, Victor number 89), assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th...

(B-29-36-MO 44-27304, Victor number 88) configured during World War II in the Silverplate project to carry an atomic bomb. Assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron,...

Force Base. The bomber was one of the first fifteen B-29s built to the "Silverplate" specification— of 65 eventually completed during and after World War...

William F. Hanna, A History of Taunton, Massachusetts, 2007 American Silverplate Marks Winokoor, Charles (July 9, 2009). "F.B. Rogers demolition finally...

In March 1948, only 35 "Silverplate" atomic-capable Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers—just over half of the 65 Silverplate specification B-29 aircraft...

United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). A cover story was devised that Silverplate was about modifying a Pullman car for use by President Franklin Roosevelt...

400 shp (2,540 kW) R-3350-35A 2,200 shp (1,640 kW) R-3350-41 Fuel injected Silverplate variant R-3350-42WA 3,800 shp (2,830 kW) R-3350-53 2,700 shp (2,010 kW)...

Operation Bolero Operation Matterhorn Operation Tidal Wave Project Alberta Silverplate Strategic bombing during World War II United States Strategic Bombing...

Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-85628-X. Campbell, Richard H. (2005). The Silverplate Bombers: A History and Registry of the Enola Gay and Other B-29s Configured...

and other nonessential equipment were removed (not unlike the earlier Silverplate program for the atomic bomb-carrying "specialist" B-29s), resulting in...

butler, is a small container, often of base metal, sometimes silver or silverplate, with a handle and hinged cover, used for collecting ashes or crumbs...

(1952) as Maj. William 'Bill' M. Uanna – Security Officer, Operation Silverplate The Girl Who Had Everything (1953) as Charles 'Chico' Menlow Kiss Me...

for the bomb required that it be carried in the forward bomb bay of a Silverplate B-29 bomber and be fuzed to be effective against actual targets. Pumpkin...

Jima when the B-29 Bockscar was able to complete the mission. One of 15 Silverplate B-29s used by the 509th, Full House was built at the Glenn L. Martin...

of the world's largest designers and sellers of stainless steel and silverplated cutlery and tableware for the consumer and foodservice industries. It...

P. as Captain Cragie 1992 Mathnet as Long John Silverplate 1992 Square One TV as Long John Silverplate / Lou 1994 Matlock as Vic 1995 Microsoft Windows...

in August 1944 precluded wholescale destructive testing. Testing of Silverplate Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft with Thin Man bomb shapes was carried...

Press. p. 199. ISBN 9780826514011. Campbell, Richard H. (2005). The Silverplate Bombers: A History and Registry of the Enola Gay and Other B-29's Configured...