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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.

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

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 b29 *

After the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug.

THE ENOLA GAY: THE B-29 THAT CHANGED WARFARE

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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.

WATCH U.S. B-29 SUPERFORTRS ENOLA GAY CIMATE HIROSHIMA WH A NUCLEAR BOMB THE PACIFIC WAR

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 b29 *

In the aftermath of World War II, the Army Air Forc flew the Enola Gay durg an atomic tt program the Pacific; was then livered to be stored an airfield Arizona before beg flown to Illois and transferred to the Smhsonian July 1949. But even unr the ctody of the mm, the Enola Gay remaed at an air force base Texas.

THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB

Explore the trite history of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortrs that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima 1945, markg the end of World War II and heraldg the start of the nuclear age. Learn about s velopment, the crew that piloted , and s endurg global impact. * enola gay b29 *

The Commtee for the Rtoratn and Display of the Enola Gay now has 9, 000 signatur of prott. Adams, who is leavg his job after 10 relatively ntroversy-ee years, sent back a three-page answer stiffly turng down her requt for the Enola Gay.

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BOEG B-29 SUPERFORTRS "ENOLA GAY"

The B-29 Superfortrs Enola Gay took off om the Mariana Islands on Augt 6, 1945, bound for Hiroshima, Japan, where, by droppg an atomic bomb, herald a new and terrible ncept of warfare. From The Send World War: Allied Victory (1963), a documentary by Encyclopædia Branni Edutnal Corporatn. * enola gay b29 *

And as long as is on display, the qutns rais are likely to ntue — after all, they have been wh the Enola Gay sce first beme a hoehold name.

Tibbets, Jr., mand of the Superfortrs Enola Gay, dropped a highly enriched uranium, explosn-type, "gun-fired, " atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Enola Gay flew as the advance weather rennaissance aircraft that day. He named the B-29 that he flew on 6 Augt Enola Gay after his mother.

Enola Gay is a mol B-29-45-MO, serial number 44-86292. The airplane's last flight end on December 2 when the Enola Gay touched down at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.

THE ENOLA GAY'S HISTORY LIV ON

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., * enola gay b29 *

The staff at Garber began workg to prerve and rtore Enola Gay December 1984.

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