Enola Gay, the B-29 heavy bomber that was ed by the Uned Stat on Augt 6, 1945, to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first time the explosive vice had been ed on an enemy target, and stroyed most of the cy. The aircraft was named after the mother of pilot Pl Warfield Tibbets, Jr.
Contents:
- OUT OF THE CLOSET AND ON TO THE NWAY: GAY PILOTS
- GAY CAB CREW SECRETS OM THE MIDDLE EAST
- THE GAY-FRIENDLIT AIRL THE SKI
- ENOLA GAY
- WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
- HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON
OUT OF THE CLOSET AND ON TO THE NWAY: GAY PILOTS
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GAY CAB CREW SECRETS OM THE MIDDLE EAST
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THE GAY-FRIENDLIT AIRL THE SKI
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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
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HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON
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