What Happened to the Enola Gay After Hiroshima? | Time

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After the Enola Gay beme the first plane to drop an atomic bomb — on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945 — the B-29 bomber stayed airborne.

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THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB

Fifty years after the crew of the Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, hasteng Japan's surrenr, The Amerin Legn honored Tibbets and his crew wh the Distguished Service Medal. "There is no doubt my md that many of you who are here today would not be here if hadn't been for the urageo missn of the men of the Enola Gay," Natnal Commanr William Detweiler told nventn legat. * gay crew *

On Augt 6, 1945, the B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the cy of Hiroshima.

HERE'S WHAT THE CREW OF THE B-29 BOMBER ENOLA GAY SAW AFTER DROPPG THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB HISTORY

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"Colonel Ferebee died Florida 2000, at the age of Air Force radar specialist Jab Ber was the only man who served on both the Enola Gay the Hiroshima bombg missn and the Bock's Car three days later when s crew bombed Nagasaki.

"Stiborik died of a heart attack 1984 at age Jeppson was only 23 years old when he was assigned to acpany the atomic bomb on the Enola Gay.

Richard Nelson was the youngt of the Enola Gay crew. "Nelson died om emphysema 2003 at age Gay tail gunner Bob Caron wrote a book about the missn lled Fire of a Thoand Suns. He was 75 years Duzenbury kept tabs on the Enola Gay's eng and other systems while others tend the bomb and the missn self.

CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY

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"Duzenbury died 1992 at age Shumard assisted flight engeer Wyatt Duzenbury keepg the Enola Gay nng.

He armed the first atomic bomb while the Enola Gay was airborne. He was upset that manr Pl Tibbets had named his plane the Enola Gay. Leonard Nemoy himself gave support 1991, sayg, "It is entirely ftg that gays and lbians will appear unobtsively aboard the Enterprise—neher objects of py nor melodramatic attentn.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB

On Augt 6, 1945, the crew of a modified Boeg B-29 Superfortrs named Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ed warfare, lled “Ltle Boy,” on the cy of Hiroshima, Japan. * gay crew *

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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. * gay crew *

Shortly after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on Augt 6, 1945, the Enola Gay's tail gunner, Bob Caron, wrote his wife that the crew had jt received a medal and she'd be readg about what they had done the newspapers. Pl Tibbets, who named the B-29 the "Enola Gay" after his mother, told Caron to scribe what he saw to the crew over the ter. He was a radarman on the Enola Gay and performed the same duti on would later wre that "No, I feel no sorrow or remorse for whatever small role I played.

Fifty years after the crew of the Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, hasteng Japan's surrenr, The Amerin Legn honored Tibbets and his crew wh the Distguished Service Medal.

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"There is no doubt my md that many of you who are here today would not be here if hadn't been for the urageo missn of the men of the Enola Gay, " Natnal Commanr William Detweiler told nventn legat. As Enola Gay's pilot, Tibbets said Pearl Harbor was the animatg force for his missn.

Tibbets named the B-29 bomber Enola Gay, for his mother.

ENOLA GAY CREW AUTOGRAPHS, MEMORABILIA & COLLECTIBL

The U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, 75 years ago, brgg an end to World War II and makg the Enola Gay one of the most famo B-29s history., * gay crew *

Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb, "Ltle Boy, " was dropped at 8:15 a. For more on the Enola Gay, click here ().

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THE ENOLA GAY'S HISTORY LIV ON

The actual bomb ready to be load aboard the Enola Gay. The actual bomb beg load aboard the Enola Gay.

Enola Gay Officers. Tibbets aboard the Enola Gay.

Enola Gay's Return. Enola Gay's return to Tian after the Hiroshima bombg.

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Enola Gay. A lor photograph of Enola Gay after the Hiroshima bombg. A lor photograph of Enola Gay.

After the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. The Enola Gay is a B-29 Superfortrs, which pilot Pl Tibbets named after his mother, and which had been stripped of everythg but the necsi, so as to be thoands of pounds lighter than an ordary plane of that make. While did not drop the bomb on Nagasaki, the Enola Gay did take flight to get data on the weather the lead-up to the send strike on Japan.

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