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WWII, Enola Gay, Hiroshima Bomb Mission,1945

On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, was used to drop, from an altitude of 31,600 feet, the "Little Boy" atomic weapon, destroying Hiroshima, Japan, at 8:16 a.m. local time. The airplane was flown by Col. Paul Tibbets, commander of the 509th Group, and had a crew of 11. The Enola Gay was accompanied by two other B-29s, Necessary Evil which was used to carry scientific observers, and as a camera plane to photograph the explosion and effects of the bomb and The Great Artiste instrumented for blast measurement.
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WWII, Enola Gay, Hiroshima Bomb Mission,1945
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On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, was used to drop, from an altitude of 31,600 feet, the "Little Boy" atomic weapon, destroying Hiroshima, Japan, at 8:16 a.m. local time. The airplane was flown by Col. Paul Tibbets, commander of the 509th Group, and had a crew of 11. The Enola Gay was accompanied by two other B-29s, Necessary Evil which was used to carry scientific observers, and as a camera plane to photograph the explosion and effects of the bomb and The Great Artiste instrumented for blast measurement.
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4200 x 3240 px | 38.9 MB
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35.6 x 27.4 cm | 14.0 x 10.8 in (300 dpi)
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