Crossroads, before being stored in the USA. After dropping the first atomic weapon on Hiroshima on Aug. The decision was made to preserve the aircraft, and on July 24, 1946, the aircraft was flown to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, in preparation for storage. Sweeney piloted the B-29 Bockscar and dropped a highly enriched plutonium, implosion-type atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. Boeing B-29 'Enola Gay' during World War II On November 6, 1945, the 'Enola Gay' was flown back to the 509th's new base at Roswell Army Air Field, New Mexico. It was a B-29-45-MO, modified as Silverplate aircraft and belonged to the 393rd Bombardment Squadron, 509th Composite Group.
The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong. This is a Silverplate conversion that was assigned to the 509th Composite Group. Tibbets, Jr., in command of the Superfortress Enola Gay, dropped a highly enriched uranium, explosion-type, 'gun-fired,' atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Enola Gay was the aircraft used to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Next photo B-29 Superfortress part 1 image. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. You are here: Gallery USA Air Force B-29 Superfortress part 1.
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Enola Gay, a Silverplate version of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress landing after delivering Little Boy over Hiroshima In September 1941, the Army Air Forces plans for war against Germany and Japan proposed basing the B-29 in Egypt for operations against Germany as British airbases were likely to be overcrowded.