Enola Gay , Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber

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nola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of pilot Paul Tibbets.[2] On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon of war. The bomb, code-named "Little Boy", was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and caused extensive destruction.

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Size: 3872px × 2592px
Location: Dulles, Washington.
Photo credit: © Paul Briden / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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