“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.
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The Enola Gay was escorted by two other bombers that carried cameras and a variety of measuring devices. Three other planes had left earlier in order to ascertain the weather conditions over the possible targets.
American bomber pilot Paul W. Tibbets Jr., center, stands with the ground crew of the bomber Enola Gay, which Tibbets flew in the atomic bombing …
Enola Gay es el nombre de un avión bombardero Boeing B-29 Superfortress que fue bautizado así en honor a Enola Gay Tibbets, madre de su piloto Paul Tibbets.El 6 de agosto de 1945, durante los últimos compases de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el Enola Gay se convirtió en el primer avión en lanzar una bomba atómica, la Little man, que …
IF I LIVE A HUNDRED YEARS, I’ll never quite get these few minutes out of my mind,” Robert A. Lewis wrote shortly after the B-29 he was copiloting, the Enola Gay, dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. In August 1945 the confident and rambunctious Lewis was 27, with sturdy, all-American good looks
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
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
Enola Gay; Paul Tibbets waving from the Enola Gay ‘ s cockpit before taking off for the bombing of Hiroshima: Type: B-29-45-MO Superfortress: Manufacturer: Glenn L. Martin Company, Omaha, Nebraska
L’avion Enola Gay est personnellement choisi par le colonel Paul Tibbets, le commandant du 509th Composite Group, le 9 mai 1945, alors qu’il est encore sur la ligne de montage.
