The concept for the high-explosive pumpkin bomb was originated in December 1944 by United States Navy Captain William S. Parsons, the head of the Ordnance Division at Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory, and United States Army Air Forces Lieutenant Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, commander of the 509th Composite Group.
The idea for the high-explosive pumpkin bomb was conceived in December 1944 by Captain William S. Parsons, head of the Ordnance Division at Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory, and Lieutenant Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, commander of the 509th Composite Group.