It contained several major components of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber used in the atomic mission that destroyed Hiroshima, Japan. The delivery system for these bombs, the Superfortress, represented the latest. Enola Gay This past exhibition, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, told the story of the role of the Enola Gay in securing Japanese surrender. Another atomic attack on Nagasaki followed three days later. CARON This first day cover honoring the Veterans Administration is signed by four crewmembers of the Enola Gay, the Superfortress that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan First Day Cover Signed: 'Paul W. Lewis, bombardier Major Thomas Ferebee, navigator Captain Theodore Dutch Van Kirk, weaponeer and mission commander Captain William S. The Appositions in, ENOLA- as in ENOLA GAY- when run through the English and Egyptian translations of the word, no: E-NO-LA. On August 6, 1945, the crew of a modified Boeing B-29 Superfortress named Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare, called Little Boy, on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. TIBBETS, THOMAS FEREBEE, JACOB BESER, and GEORGE R. I'll put a white rule between these two\ cover boxes.)/Type/Annot/Popup 231 0 R/AP>endobj231 0 objendobj232 0 obj>endobj233 0 objendobj234 0 objendobj235 0 obj>endobj236 0 objendobj237 0 objendobj238 0 objstreamĪcrobat Distiller 7.0 (Windows) Adobe PageMaker 7. As we have suggested at a slightly earlier point in this report, to understand that flight of the 'Enola Gay,' one must understand those policy-shaping trends of this century, within which that type of event was generated. The crew of the Enola Gay on her 6 August 1945 mission were pilot and aircraft commander Colonel Paul W.