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.
Contents:
- WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER 1945
- HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON
- THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER 1945
On Augt 6, 1945, the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the cy of Hiroshima, Japan. The plane is a B-29 Superfortrs which had been named after * whatever happened to the 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. Tman was rmed of the velopment while attendg the Potsdam Conference, and he turn told Soviet lear Joseph Stal that the Uned Stat had “a new weapon of unual stctive force.” On July 26 the Allied lears lled for Japan to unndnally surrenr or face “prompt and utter stctn.” After Japan ignored the mand, the cisn was ma to bomb Hiroshima.At approximately 2:45 am on Augt 6, 1945, Tibbets—who was now a full lonel—and a crew of 11 took off om Tian island rryg a uranium bomb that was known as “Ltle Boy.” 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. Three days later the Enola Gay nducted weather rennaissance the lead-up to the bombg of Nagasaki, Japan. Japan officially surrenred on September 2, 1945.The 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.
HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON
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On Augt 6, 1945, the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the cy of Hiroshima, Japan. Augt 1945: The ground and flight crew of the B-29 bomber ‘Enola Gay’ at Tian the Mariana Islands, after the atomic bombg missn on Hiroshima. After pletg s missn, the Enola Gay returned to s base on Tian Island.
THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB
On Augt 9, 1945, the Enola Gay flew aga. The Enola Gay was stored at an airfield Arizona before beg flown to Illois.
Cir 1945: The Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima durg World War II. The last time the Enola Gay flew was 1953. When opened, only displayed half of the Enola Gay.