[Mycroft Holmes]

According to Tibbits we did have a third one and were preparing to drop it when Japan surrendered.

regards,

[evad]

According to Tibbits we did have a third one and were preparing to drop it when Japan surrendered.

Interesting.

I had always understood that they had just enough fuel to build 3...the test bomb and the two delivered on Japan.

Can you source where Tibbits made that statement? I see where Nagasaki was the third choice but can find no reference to a third bomb.