Enola Gay | Facts, History, & Hiroshima | Britannica

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Enola Gay, the B-29bomber that was used by the United States on August 6, 1945, to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, the first time the explosive device had been used on an enemy …

Enola Gay - Wikipedia

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The Enola Gay's History Lives On - U.S. Department of …

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Seventy-five years ago, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, bringing an end to a long and devastating World War II and making the Enola Gay, the B-29 that...

Inside the Enola Gay | Air & Space Magazine

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The U.S. Army Air Forces accepted the Enola Gay on June 14, 1945, as World War II was coming to an end. After the war it flew in the Operation Crossroads atomic test program in the Pacific, then ...

What Happened to the Enola Gay After Hiroshima?

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The Enola Gay is a B-29 Superfortress, which pilot Paul Tibbets named after his mother, and which had been stripped of …

Enola Gay | National Air and Space Museum

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This past exhibition, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, told the story of the role of the Enola Gay in securing Japanese surrender. It contained several major components of the Enola Gay, the …

The Real Meaning Behind The Name Enola Gay, The …

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Yet the Enola Gay, another inanimate object, had a dark intention — the device was scheduled to drop an atomic bomb on an enemy target. At 2:45 a.m. on August 6, 1945, the B-29 Martin Company aircraft carried a uranium bomb with hopes of getting the Japanese to surrender (via History Nebraska).

Forget the Enola Gay: Meet the Bockscar B-29 That …

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The Enola Gay is remembered today as being the aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan nearly seventy-five years ago, and its infamous flight has been the subject of much debate.

The Crew Of The Enola Gay: Why So Many Killed Themselves …

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During World War II, Enola Gay was one of fifteen bombers built between February and June 1945. Enola Gay used a 6300-pound high explosive bomb called a pumpkin on two conventional bombing missions over Japan to simulate the characteristics of a Fat Man bomb. A typhoon forced the postponement of the first atomic attack on Japan.

Enola Gay by OMD - Songfacts

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The Enola Gay was the American plane that dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima in World War II. It was named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the plane's pilot, Paul Tibbets. So why did the electronic music group OMD write a song about it?