Exhibg the Enola Gay

Contents:

• QUé PASó N EL ENOLA GAY, EL BOMBARRO QUE LANZó LA PRIMERA BOMBA ATóMI LA HISTORIA
• ENOLA GAY
• CONTROVERSY OVER THE ENOLA GAY EXHIBN
• EXHIBG THE ENOLA GAY

QUé PASó N EL ENOLA GAY, EL BOMBARRO QUE LANZó LA PRIMERA BOMBA ATóMI LA HISTORIA

En ta explosión murieron bomba Hiroshima fue transportada por un bombarro tipo Boeg B-29 llamado Enola Gay.

Enola Gay, the B-29bomber that was ed by the Uned Stat on Augt 6, 1945, to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, the first time the explosive vice had been ed on an enemy target. ” The Enola Gay—Tibbets had a matenance man pat that name on the aircraft’s nose shortly before takeoff—was acpanied by var other plan.

Tibbets flew the Enola Gay back to Tian, where he was award the Distguished Service Cross.

ENOLA GAY

Three days later the Enola Gay nducted weather rennaissance the lead-up to the bombg of Nagasaki, Japan.

CONTROVERSY OVER THE ENOLA GAY EXHIBN

Japan officially surrenred on September 2, Enola Gay remaed service for several years before beg given to the Smhsonian Instutn on July 3, 1949. In 2003 the fully rtored Enola Gay was put on display at the NASM’s Steven F.

EXHIBG THE ENOLA GAY

Tibbets personally selected plane number 82 for the missn, and, shortly before takg off at approximately 2:45 am on Augt 6, 1945, Tibbets asked a matenance worker to pat his mother’s name—Enola Gay—on the nose of the aircraft.

Two other B-29s acpanied the Enola Gay to serve as observatn and mera plan. Once the Enola Gay was airborne, Parsons add the fal ponents to Ltle Boy. The ski were clear, and the Enola Gay enuntered no opposn while approachg the target.

At 7:15 am (Tian time) Parsons armed the weapon, and the Enola Gay ascend to an attack altu of 31, 000 feet (9, 450 metr).