Photos of the Enola Gay airplane, which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima 75 years ago. It's one of the centerpiec of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, the annex of the Smhsonian Air and Space Mm Chantilly, Virgia.
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- INSI THE ENOLA GAY
- INSI THE ENOLA GAY
- INSI THE ENOLA GAY
- TAKE A TOUR OF THE ENOLA GAY, THE U.S. PLANE THAT BOMBED HIROSHIMA
- ENOLA GAY
- THE ENOLA GAY'S HISTORY LIV ON
- EXHIBG THE ENOLA GAY
- THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB
- TOURG THE SMHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MM’S ENOLA GAY EXHIB
- THE INLIBLE ENOLA GAY
INSI THE ENOLA GAY
On Augt 6, 1945 the U.S. bomber Enola Gay dropped the first ever Atomic bomb on the Japane cy of Hiroshima. Today, the re-assembled Boeg B-29 Superfortrs remas a powerful symbol of the bombg. * enola gay inside *
"Of all the World War II aircraft the llectn of the Natnal Air and Space Mm, the most signifint is the Enola Gay. See the gallery below for more imag of the Enola Gay, which are om the book unls otherwise noted.
INSI THE ENOLA GAY
Enola Gay, the B-29 heavy bomber that was ed by the Uned Stat on Augt 6, 1945, to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first time the explosive vice had been ed on an enemy target, and stroyed most of the cy. The aircraft was named after the mother of pilot Pl Warfield Tibbets, Jr. * enola gay inside *
Army Air Forc accepted the Enola Gay on June 14, 1945, as World War II was g to an end.
The staff at Garber began rtorg the Enola Gay 1984.
INSI THE ENOLA GAY
The U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, 75 years ago, brgg an end to World War II and makg the Enola Gay one of the most famo B-29s history., * enola gay inside *
In this 1945 image taken on the island of Tian, officers salute each other ont of the Enola Gay as photographers and men look on. Enola Gay crewmembers (om left) Theodore J. Tibbets (pilot and missn manr) pose the ckp of the Enola Gay at the Natnal Air and Space Mm’s Steven F.
TAKE A TOUR OF THE ENOLA GAY, THE U.S. PLANE THAT BOMBED HIROSHIMA
At the 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb, ntroversy surround the ntext which the Enola Gay was to be displayed. * enola gay inside *
Bomber Enola Gay dropped the first ever Atomic bomb on the Japane cy of Hiroshima. 13 died last weekHiroshima bombg anniversaryTake a tour of the Enola Gay, the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima 69 years agoOn Augt 6, 1945 the U.
Natnal Air and Space the vio above, the CBC’s Meagan Fzpatrick gets a tour of the Enola Gay at the Steven F.
13 Enola Gay, after his mother. (Associated Prs)At the time of s missn, the Enola Gay was among the most sophistited, propeller-driven bombers the sky durg the Send World War, acrdg to the Smhsonian. 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.
ENOLA GAY
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” 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, 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.
THE ENOLA GAY'S HISTORY LIV ON
Enola Gay.
EXHIBG THE ENOLA GAY
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.
THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB
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.
TOURG THE SMHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MM’S ENOLA GAY EXHIB
Boeg B-29 Superfortrs "Enola Gay". Frequently Asked Qutns Regardg Exhibn of B-29 Superfortrs Enola Gay.
THE INLIBLE ENOLA GAY
The Enola Gay: The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima.
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. 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.