On Augt 6, 1945 the U.S. bomber Enola Gay dropped the first ever Atomic bomb on the Japane cy of Hiroshima. Today, the re-assembled Boeg B-29 Superfortrs remas a powerful symbol of the bombg.
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TAKE A TOUR OF THE ENOLA GAY, THE U.S. PLANE THAT BOMBED HIROSHIMA
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Bomber Enola Gay dropped the first ever Atomic bomb on the Japane cy of Hiroshima. 13 died last weekHiroshima bombg anniversaryTake a tour of the Enola Gay, the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima 69 years agoOn Augt 6, 1945 the U. Natnal Air and Space the vio above, the CBC’s Meagan Fzpatrick gets a tour of the Enola Gay at the Steven F.
13 Enola Gay, after his mother. (Associated Prs)At the time of s missn, the Enola Gay was among the most sophistited, propeller-driven bombers the sky durg the Send World War, acrdg to the Smhsonian. However, several plane nam of the World War II-era are known exclively by their name, cludg the famo Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber that was ed to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (via Branni).
Yet the Enola Gay, another animate object, had a dark tentn — the vice was schled to drop an atomic bomb on an enemy target.
WHERE IS THE ENOLA GAY TODAY?
This exhibn, cidg wh the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, told the story of the role of the Enola Gay securg Japane surrenr. * enola gay pictures *
It's important to note that durg the war, not many plan which were mass-produced were given as much fanfare, so the Enola Gay stood out om the pack. Pilot Pl Tibbets nam Enola Gay.
On Augt 5, 1945, the 29-year-old Tibbets formally named his B-29 "Enola Gay" after his mother (née Haggard).
A llectn of photographs of the 509th Compose Bomb Group on Tian Island the Pacific, the crews of the Enola Gay and Bocks Car, and actual atomic bombs that were ed on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. * enola gay pictures *
The Enola Gay name liv on.
In 1995, the Natnal Air and Space Mm hosted a ntroversial exhib of the Enola Gay to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII. The fully reassembled Enola Gay is now on display permanent display at the Natnal Air and Space Mm's Steven F. Enola Gay.