[rlmorel]

I read the third part of Ian Toll's trilogy on the Pacific War (one of the best accounts written, IMO) and I had no idea of the Charlie Foxtrot that surrounded the Nagasaki mission, which very nearly resulted in the loss of the aircraft.

They landed on fumes (literally-they had only SEVEN GALLONS of gasoline left!) on Okinawa, there were communication SNAFUs, nearly everything.

Check out this account here:
LINK: Near Failure at Nagasaki-The first atomic mission was executed perfectly. On the second one, almost everything went wrong.

[South Dakota]

My understanding was weight was an issue and the Enola gay came back with half of the fuel they left with .