Historic Wendover Airfield is dedicated to preserving World War II Army Air Force history, educating present and future generations about this period and having visitors experience the feelings and understand the circumstances of the WW II era participants.

January 31, 1999 U.S.S. Indianapolis Sunk After Delivering Atomic Bomb. Harlan Twible’s eyes grow misty, and his voice husky, when he …

B-29 Superfortress. The Enola Gay in 1949, Paul Tibbets, 2nd from left. Flight crew of Enola Gay with Gen. Enola Gay just before mission. uploading payload into bomb bay

On August 6, 1945, the B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Twelve men were on that flight. Some chose to keep a low profile and others spoke out about their place in history. Almost all had something to say after the war. The 509th Composite Group was formed by the

On 5 August 1945, during preparation for the first atomic mission, Tibbets assumed command of the aircraft and named it after his mother, Enola Gay Tibbets, who, in turn, had been named for the heroine of a novel.

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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 …

“Enola Gay” is an anti-war song by the British synth-pop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) and the only single from the band’s 1980 album, Organisation.

Tibbets trained for several months for the mission, with the bomber named Enola Gay after his mother. The decision to unleash an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a city of military significance, was taken by U.S president Harry S Truman when the Japanese refused to surrender in July 1945.

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