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Pumpkin bombs were conventional high explosive aerial bombs developed by the Manhattan Project and used by the United States Army Air Forces against Japan during World War II. The pumpkin bomb was a close but non-nuclear replication of the Fat Man plutonium bomb with the same ballistic and handling characteristics. It was mainly used for testing and training purposes but combat missions were also flown with pumpkin bombs by the 509th Composite Group.
