Enola Gay | Facts, History, & Hiroshima | Branni

Contents:

• THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB
• ENOLA GAY CREW
• TIBBET'S 'ENOLA GAY' CREW
• ENOLA GAY TIBBETS PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR
• CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY
• GROUND CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ATOMIC BOMBER
• HERE'S WHAT THE CREW OF THE B-29 BOMBER ENOLA GAY SAW AFTER DROPPG THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB HISTORY
• ENOLA GAY CREW AUTOGRAPHS, MEMORABILIA & COLLECTIBL
• ENOLA GAY CREW, AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO
• ENOLA GAY CREW, AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO
• TOURG THE SMHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MM’S ENOLA GAY EXHIB
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
• ENOLA GAY

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.

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. "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.

ImagCreativeVioCreativeEdorialTibbet's 'Enola Gay' CrewThe crew of the 'Enola Gay, ' Northern Mariana Islands, 1945. From left, standg: Lt Col John Porter, ground matenance officer on B-29 'Enola Gay' which atom bombed hiroshima, Japan; Major Theodore J (Dutch) VanKirk, navigator; Major Thomas W Ferebee, bombadier; Col Pl W Tibbets, 509th Group CO and pilot; Capt Robert A Lewis, -pilot; and Lt Jab Ber, radar untermeasure officer.

TIBBET'S 'ENOLA GAY' CREW

(Photo by PhotoQut/Getty Imag)The crew of the 'Enola Gay, ' Northern Mariana Islands, 1945.

Collectn:Archive PhotosDate created:January 01, 1945Object name:Tibbet's ENOLA GAY file size:5483 x 4231 px (18. 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. "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 TIBBETS PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR

Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb, "Ltle Boy, " was dropped at 8:15 a. For more on the Enola Gay, click here (). The ground crew of the B-29 "Enola Gay" which atom-bombed Hiroshima, Japan.

The entire Enola Gay's flyg crew on Augt 6, 1945 nsisted of twelve men: Colonel Pl W. Lewis – -pilot and Enola Gay's assigned aircraft manr, Major Thomas Ferebee – bombardier, Capta Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk – navigator, U. 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. 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.

CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY

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GROUND CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ATOMIC BOMBER

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

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ENOLA GAY CREW AUTOGRAPHS, MEMORABILIA & COLLECTIBL

Bombardier of the Enola Gay. This pany sold a variety of ems om what they lled the "Enola Gay Enterpris and General Pl Tibbets Memorabilia Collectn Sal Catalog, " e.

ENOLA GAY CREW, AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO

G., Enola Gay baseball ps, Enola Gay ffee mugs, license plat, plaqu, tographed books, tographed photos, etc. Enola Gay: Today, Enola Gay -- the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima -- is parked at the Smhsonian Air and Space Mm Chantilly, Virgia. A somber artifact: Jeremy Kney, curator at the Smhsonian Air and Space Mm, stands ont of Enola Gay.

The ckp: Visors to the Smhsonian Air and Space Mm Chantilly, Virgia, n look down to the ckp of Enola Gay. Terntental bomber: Enola Gay was signed to be an terntental bomber, one that uld fly om the ntental US to Europe se Bra fell to Nazi Germany. 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 CREW, AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO

As a new and adly weapon, an atomic bomber, Enola Gay facilated a turng pot human history as hered the dawn of the Atomic Age and the threat of nuclear war. Tibbets and his crew took off om Tian  Enola Gay at 2:45 am on Augt 6, 1945. Upon visual lotn of Hiroshima, Tom Ferebee aimed for the cy center and Enola Gay dropped the “Ltle Boy” bomb om 31, 000 feet at 9:15 am.

TOURG THE SMHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MM’S ENOLA GAY EXHIB

After “Ltle Boy” left the forward bomb bay, Enola Gay lurched upward, and Tibbets iated a high angle evasive manver to get as far away om Hiroshima as possible. ” Enola Gay land back at Tian 12 hours later at approximately 3 pm.

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

Enola Gay tail gunner Bob Caron took this picture of the cloud of smoke billowg 20, 000 feet above Hiroshima after the explosn of the Ltle Boy atomic bomb on Augt 6, 1945. The history and memory of Enola Gay and s part the atomic attacks on Japan, and their effect on endg the war the Pacific and the nuclear tensns of the Cold War, reflects differg viewpots. The Smhsonian has been at the center of bat over those differg perspectiv terms of the terpretatn and public display of Enola Gay.

Air Force the late 1940s, Enola Gay remaed storage for s. Enola Gay was to be the central artifact a planned exhibn at the Mm examg the atomic bombgs durg the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Boeg B-29 Superfortrs Enola Gay is now on display at the Steven F.

ENOLA GAY

In a revised exhibn, Enola Gay’s forward felage and bomb bay, two eng, a propeller, and other ponents, cludg a activated Ltle Boy bomb, went on display the Natnal Mall Buildg om June 1995 to May 1998. Udvar-Hazy Center opened December 2003, the fully-assembled Enola Gay went on permanent display the World War II Aviatn display area the Boeg Aviatn Hangar.