What Happened to the Enola Gay After Hiroshima? | Time

Contents:

• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
• THE REAL MEANG BEHD THE NAME ENOLA GAY, THE PLANE THAT DROPPED THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB
• THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB
• LOGBOOK REVEALG 'ENOLA GAY' PILOT'S WORDS AFTER ATOM BOMB DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA SELLS FOR £450,000
• WHERE IS THE ENOLA GAY TODAY?
• EXHIBG THE ENOLA GAY
• 'MY GOD, WHAT HAVE WE DONE?' - THE MANR OF THE 'ENOLA GAY'
• ENOLA GAY

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

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.

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 REAL MEANG BEHD THE NAME ENOLA GAY, THE PLANE THAT DROPPED THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB

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. Demonstrators prott at the Enola Gay exhib at the the Smhsonian Natnal Air and Space Mm's Steven F.

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. Enola Gay.

THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB

While this exhib is now closed, Mm specialists ntued to rtore the remag ponents of the airplane, and after an addnal ne years the fully assembled Enola Gay went on permanent display at the Natnal Air and Space Mm’s Steven F. This past 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. It ntaed several major ponents of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber ed the atomic missn that stroyed Hiroshima, Japan.

A vio prentatn about the Enola Gay's missn clud terviews wh the crew before and after the missn cludg missn pilot Col. Another portn of the exhib tailed the pastakg efforts of Smhsonian aircraft rtoratn specialists who had spent more than a rtorg parts of the Enola Gay for this exhibn.

Boeg B-29 Superfortrs "Enola Gay". Frequently Asked Qutns Regardg Exhibn of B-29 Superfortrs Enola Gay.

LOGBOOK REVEALG 'ENOLA GAY' PILOT'S WORDS AFTER ATOM BOMB DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA SELLS FOR £450,000

The Enola Gay: The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima.

WHERE IS THE ENOLA GAY TODAY?

However, several plane nam of the World War II-era are known exclively by their name, cludg the famo Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber that was ed to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (via Branni). Yet the Enola Gay, another animate object, had a dark tentn — the vice was schled to drop an atomic bomb on an enemy target.

It's important to note that durg the war, not many plan which were mass-produced were given as much fanfare, so the Enola Gay stood out om the pack. Pilot Pl Tibbets nam Enola Gay. On Augt 5, 1945, the 29-year-old Tibbets formally named his B-29 "Enola Gay" after his mother (née Haggard).

The Enola Gay name liv on. In 1995, the Natnal Air and Space Mm hosted a ntroversial exhib of the Enola Gay to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII.

EXHIBG THE ENOLA GAY

The fully reassembled Enola Gay is now on display permanent display at the Natnal Air and Space Mm's Steven F. 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.

'MY GOD, WHAT HAVE WE DONE?' - THE MANR OF 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.

ENOLA GAY

"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.

The bomb, named Ltle Boy, was dropped by the crew of the B-29 bomber named Enola Gay and was the first atomic weapon ed warfare after succsful tts rried out by the US.

The log book was wrten by Capta Robert Lewis, the -pilot of the plane that dropped the bomb The vastatg attack on the cy Augt 1945 ed the aths of up to 130, 000 Japane men, women and children The bomb, named Ltle Boy, was dropped by the crew (pictured) of the B-29 bomber named Enola Gay and was the first atomic weapon ed warfare after succsful tts rried out by the US Enola Gay is seen landg after s famo missn to drop a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima Augt 1945Although the crew had been aware that they were droppg an atomic bomb, none of them had any ia of the level of ath and stctn that would team that Capta Lewis was part of was mand by lead pilot Pl Tibbets. When the technology was ready, the US opted to e on Japan after the untry's lears refed to surrenr followg Nazi Germany's feat May crew of Enola Gay rried out their missn to bomb Hiroshima Augt 6. 970 Boeg B-29 bombers ever built, Enola Gay is perhaps the most well-known.