Early the morng of Augt 6, 1945, a U.S. Air Force B29 bomber, the Enola Gay, took off wh a 9,700 top-secret bomb named Ltle Boy.
Contents:
- THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB
- INTERVIEWS WH CREW MEMBERS OF THE ‘ENOLA GAY’
- HERE'S WHAT THE CREW OF THE B-29 BOMBER ENOLA GAY SAW AFTER DROPPG THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB HISTORY
- CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY
- INTERVIEWS WITH CREW MEMBERS OF THE 'ENOLA GAY' [ALLOTED TLE]
- PILOT OF ENOLA GAY HAD NO REGRETS FOR HIROSHIMA
- 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
- HIROSHIMA; ENOLA GAY'S CREW RELLS THE FLIGHT INTO A NEW ERA
- THE INLIBLE ENOLA GAY
- HERE’S WHY THE PILOT OF ENOLA GAY HAD NO REGRETS ABOUT DROPPG THE FIRST ATOM BOMB
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. * enola gay crew interview *
On Augt 6, 1945, the B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the cy of Hiroshima. "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.
INTERVIEWS WH CREW MEMBERS OF THE ‘ENOLA GAY’
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. * enola gay crew interview *
Richard Nelson was the youngt of the Enola Gay crew.
HERE'S WHAT THE CREW OF THE B-29 BOMBER ENOLA GAY SAW AFTER DROPPG THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB HISTORY
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. * enola gay crew interview *
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CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY
Bound for sty and Hiroshima, the Enola Gay rried 12 men, hope, and the power for epic stctn. The silver airplane, named for the pilot’s mother, barely got off the ground that morng wh the world’s first atomic bomb. * enola gay crew interview *
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. There were three strike plan that flew over Hiroshima that day: the Enola Gay, which rried the bomb, and two observatn plan, the Great Artiste and the Necsary Evil.
The Enola Gay rried the weapon, nicknamed "Ltle Boy.
INTERVIEWS WITH CREW MEMBERS OF THE 'ENOLA GAY' [ALLOTED TLE]
The Enola Gay, fully rtored and on view at the Smhsonian, left an lible mark * enola gay crew interview *
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PILOT OF ENOLA GAY HAD NO REGRETS FOR HIROSHIMA
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.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED 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.
HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON
As Enola Gay's pilot, Tibbets said Pearl Harbor was the animatg force for his missn.
HIROSHIMA; ENOLA GAY'S CREW RELLS THE FLIGHT INTO A NEW ERA
Tibbets named the B-29 bomber Enola Gay, for his mother. Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb, "Ltle Boy, " was dropped at 8:15 a.
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THE INLIBLE ENOLA GAY
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I knew right away Iwas gog to get Tom Ferebee [the Enola Gay’s bombardier] and Theodore “Dutch” van Kirk [navigator] and Wyatt Duzenbury [flight engeer] Terkel:Guys you had flown wh Europe?
HERE’S WHY THE PILOT OF ENOLA GAY HAD NO REGRETS ABOUT DROPPG THE FIRST ATOM BOMB
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