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This Boeing "Superfortress" B-29 bomber, like the two that dropped atomic bombs on Japan to end World War II in 1945, will be delayed arriving at Morristown airport due to weather. (Commemorative Air Force)

MORRISTOWN -- Weather issues that made a mess of the Monday morning commute also will delay the arrival of a historic World War II bomber.



Arrival of the B-29 bomber, nicknamed "Fifi," will be delayed until 1 p.m. Tuesday at Morristown Municipal Airport due to the weather, said Commemorative Air Force officials. The B-29 and other vintage aircraft were scheduled to arrive Monday. They will be on display until June 3, as part of the CAF's Air Power Tour.



A pair of B-29's dropped what are still the only two atomic bombs used against an enemy, prompting the Japanese surrender that ended World War II. The Enola Gay, which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and Bockscar, which dropped a bomb on Nagasaki three days later, are preserved but no longer fly.

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