Enola Gay
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| Manufacturers | Glenn L. Martin Company |
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| Omaha | |
| Nebraska | |
| Owners | United States Army Air Forces |
| In service | 18 May 1945 |
| 24 July 1946 | |
| Serial | 44-86292 |
| Radio code | Victor 12 (later changed to Victor 82) |
| Did you know | Enola Gay participated in the second atomic attack as the weather reconnaissance aircraft for the primary target of Kokura. |
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| ID | 925552 |
About Enola Gay
The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb.
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