US Air Force Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., pilot of the ENOLA GAY waves from his cockpit of his B-29 Superfortress before takeoff to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan August 6, 1945 from North Filed, Tinian, Mariana Islands.

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US Air Force Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., pilot of the ENOLA GAY waves from his cockpit of his B-29 Superfortress before takeoff to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan August 6, 1945 from North Filed, Tinian, Mariana Islands.

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Size: 2265px × 2800px
Location: Tinian, Mariana Islands
Photo credit: © LOC Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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