Crew of the enola gay bomber
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Tibbets, Jr., in command of the Superfortress Enola Gay, dropped a highly enriched uranium, explosion-type, "gun-fired," atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. During the war in the Pacific Theater, the B-29 delivered the first nuclear weapons used in combat. Boeing installed very advanced armament, propulsion, and avionics systems into the Superfortress. Long Description Boeing's B-29 Superfortress was the most sophisticated, propeller-driven, bomber to fly during World War II, and the first bomber to house its crew in pressurized compartments. A third B-29, The Great Artiste, flew as an observation aircraft on both missions. Enola Gay flew as the advance weather reconnaissance aircraft that day. Air Force Museum near Dayton, Ohio) dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. Three days later, Bockscar (on display at the U.S.
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On August 6, 1945, this Martin-built B-29-45-MO dropped the first atomic weapon used in combat on Hiroshima, Japan. In the Pacific, B-29s delivered a variety of aerial weapons: conventional bombs, incendiary bombs, mines, and two nuclear weapons. Although designed to fight in the European theater, the B-29 found its niche on the other side of the globe. Summary Boeing's B-29 Superfortress was the most sophisticated propeller-driven bomber of World War II and the first bomber to house its crew in pressurized compartments.
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Polished aluminum finish overall, standard late-World War II Army Air Forces insignia on wings and aft fuselage and serial number on vertical fin 509th Composite Group markings painted in black "Enola Gay" in black, block letters on lower left nose.
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Physical Description Four-engine heavy bomber with semi-monoqoque fuselage and high-aspect ratio wings. Object Details Manufacturer Boeing Aircraft Co. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.The five-year death total may have reached or even exceeded 200,000, as cancer and other long-term effects took hold. By the end of 1945, because of the lingering effects of radioactive fallout and other after effects, the Hiroshima death toll was probably over 100,000. This included about twenty American airmen being held as prisoners in the city. Some 70,000 people probably died as a result of initial blast, heat, and radiation effects. No one will ever know for certain how many died as a result of the attack on Hiroshima. The yield of the explosion was later estimated at 15 kilotons (the equivalent of 15,000 tons of TNT). boiling up, mushrooming, terrible and incredibly tall,” Tibbets recalled. “The city was hidden by that awful cloud. After a secondEnola Gay returning from Hiroshima mission, Tinian Field, Augshock wave (reflected from the ground) hit the plane, the crew looked back at Hiroshima. At first, Tibbets thought he was taking flak. Though already eleven and a half miles away, the Enola Gay was rocked by the blast. Forty-three seconds later, a huge explosion lit the morning sky as Little Boy detonated 1,900 feet above the city, directly over a parade field where soldiers of the Japanese Second Army were doing calisthenics. Tibbets immediately dove away to avoid the anticipated shock wave. Hiroshima time the Enola Gay released “Little Boy,” its 9,700-pound uranium gun-type bomb, over the city. The bomber, piloted by the commander of the 509th Composite Group, Colonel Paul Tibbets, flew at low altitude on automatic pilot before climbing to 31,000 feet as it neared the target area. Hiroshima had a civilian population of almost 300,000 and was an important military center, containing about 43,000 soldiers. The bomber’s primary target was the city of Hiroshima, located on the deltas of southwestern Honshu Island facing the Inland Sea. In the early morning hours of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay took off from the island of Tinian and headed north by northwest toward Japan. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu