Bob Caron; Tail Gunner on the Enola Gay World War II - Los Angel Tim

Contents:

• THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
• 509TH BOMB WG RECEIV HISTORIL PATG OF ENOLA GAY
• HERE'S WHAT THE CREW OF THE B-29 BOMBER ENOLA GAY SAW AFTER DROPPG THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB HISTORY
• BOB CARON; TAIL GUNNER ON THE ENOLA GAY WORLD WAR II
• ENOLA GAY CREW RELLED FIRST USE OF ATOMIC BOMB
• CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY
• BOB CARON ENOLA GAY'S TAILGUNNER, 75
• THE ENOLA GAY'S HISTORY LIV ON
• FIRE OF A THOAND SUNS : THE GEE R. "BOB" CARON STORY, TAIL GUNNER OF THE ENOLA GAY
• ENOLA GAY
• B-29 (ENOLA GAY) 44-86292

THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB

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.

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.

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

"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. 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.

509TH BOMB WG RECEIV HISTORIL PATG OF ENOLA GAY

But even unr the ctody of the mm, the Enola Gay remaed at an air force base Texas. The Commtee for the Rtoratn and Display of the Enola Gay now has 9, 000 signatur of prott.

HERE'S WHAT THE CREW OF THE B-29 BOMBER ENOLA GAY SAW AFTER DROPPG THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB HISTORY

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.

BOB CARON; TAIL GUNNER ON THE ENOLA GAY WORLD WAR II

509th Bomb Wg Receiv Historil Patg of Enola Gay.

A muny partner origally donated the patg, which picts the Enola Gay beg prepared for the first atomic bombg missn, to the 6th Air Refuelg Wg at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida before was transferred to the 509th Bomb Wg. The Enola Gay, a Silverplate B-29 Superfortrs, was formerly assigned to the 509th Compose Group. The Enola Gay was one of several aircraft to display the markgs of the 6th BG cludg their circular “R” tail .

The crew of the B-29 bomber Enola Gay was among the few to wns the first e of the atomic bomb on Augt 6, had expected somethg fierce, but what they saw was still a fearsome and awome Bs Insir's homepage for more stori. 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.

ENOLA GAY CREW RELLED FIRST USE OF ATOMIC BOMB

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. Bob Caron, 75, tailgunner on the Enola Gay when the B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. Five members of the Enola Gay’s 14-man crew are still livg and plan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their missn Albuquerque 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.

He was a radarman on the Enola Gay and performed the same duti on Bocksr. 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.

CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY

"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.

As Enola Gay's pilot, Tibbets said Pearl Harbor was the animatg force for his missn. 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. For more on the Enola Gay, click here ().

BOB CARON ENOLA GAY'S TAILGUNNER, 75

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.

THE ENOLA GAY'S HISTORY LIV ON

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

Bob Caron Enola Gay's Tailgunner, 75 ADVERTISEMENTJune 8, New York Tim ArchivSee the article s origal ntext om June 8, 1995, Sectn D, Page 25Buy ReprtsTimMache is an exclive benef for home livery and digal the ArchiveThis is a digized versn of an article om The Tim’s prt archive, before the start of onle publitn 1996. Ocsnally the digizatn procs troduc transcriptn errors or other problems; we are ntug to work to improve the archived Caron, who was the tailgunner on the Enola Gay when that B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima 50 years ago, died on Saturday. Caron did not know until the Enola Gay was the air, but the missn, on which Colonel Tibbets was the pilot, was to h Hiroshima wh the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a populated target.

FIRE OF A THOAND SUNS : THE GEE R. "BOB" CARON STORY, TAIL GUNNER OF THE ENOLA GAY

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn D, Page 25 of the Natnal edn wh the headle: Bob Caron Enola Gay's Tailgunner, 75. Seventy-five years ago, the Uned Stat dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, brgg an end to a long and vastatg World War II and makg the Enola Gay, the B-29 that livered , one of the most famo history. The Enola Gay, known only as No.

ENOLA GAY

He handpicked the plane the night before the missn, to the surprise of s crew, and had his mother’s name -- Enola Gay -- pated on s si. 6, 1945, the Enola Gay took off for Hiroshima, an important Japane ary center.

B-29 (ENOLA GAY) 44-86292

It was a moment for which none of the Enola Gay’s crew -- away by then, but still rocked by the blast -- was que prepared. What some don’t know is that the Enola Gay flew that missn, too. Some fly ahead to check the weather to see what ’s like at the actual target, and Enola Gay was part of that for Nagasaki, " Kney said.

After the bombgs and the war’s quick end, the Enola Gay remaed wh the Army Air Forc, takg part the Biki Atoll atomic tts before beg shipped to the Smhsonian 1960. The origal patg of the words “Enola Gay” n still be seen on s si. While no members of the crew that flew the Enola Gay rema to tell s story, the aircraft liv on for visors.

"Enola Gay is a regnized airplane of World War II, and people want to see , " Kney said. "They want to see the spachip Disvery, they want to see the [SR-71] Blackbird, and they want to see the Enola Gay.