Enola Gay

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Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft military aircraft

Enola Gay is the U.S. B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on the Japanese city of Hiroshima during World War II.

Aliases (2)

B-29 Superfortress ×1
Enola Gay Tibbets ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Boeing B-29 Superfortress → bomber aircraft → military aircraft →
aircraftType	B-29-45-MO Superfortress →
bombTypeCarried	Little Boy → uranium-235 gun-type fission bomb →
builtAt	Glenn L. Martin Company plant, Omaha, Nebraska →
category	individual aircraft →
commandedBy	Paul W. Tibbets Jr. →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
crewPositionOnHiroshimaMission	bombardier: Thomas Ferebee → co-pilot: Robert A. Lewis → flight engineer: Wyatt Duzenbury → navigator: Theodore Van Kirk → weaponeer: William S. Parsons →
crewSizeOnHiroshimaMission	12 →
currentLocation	National Air and Space Museum → Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center →
currentLocationCity	Chantilly, Virginia →
currentLocationCountry	United States →
historicDesignation	iconic aircraft of the nuclear age →
length	30.2 m →
manufacturer	Boeing →
missionDate	1945-08-06 →
namedAfter	Enola Gay Tibbets →
namedBy	Paul W. Tibbets Jr. →
notableEvent	dropped first atomic bomb used in warfare →
notableEventDate	1945-08-06 →
operatedBySquadron	393d Bombardment Squadron →
operatedByUnit	509th Composite Group →
operator	United States Army Air Forces →
owner	Smithsonian Institution →
pilotOnHiroshimaMission	Paul W. Tibbets Jr. →
powerplant	four Wright R-3350 radial engines →
preservationStatus	fully restored →
previousTailMarking	Circle A →
registration	44-86292 →
role	delivery aircraft for first atomic bomb used in warfare →
serialNumber	44-86292 →
serviceEntryYear	1945 →
squadronCode	Victor 82 →
status	museum aircraft →
tailCode	Circle R →
takeoffBase	North Field, Tinian →
takeoffLocation	Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands →
targetCity	Hiroshima →
targetCountry	Japan →
tookPartIn	atomic bombing of Hiroshima →
wingspan	43 m →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
509th Composite Group → Theodore Van Kirk → atomic bombing of Hiroshima →	aircraft
Circle R → Victor 82 →	usedOn
Tinian →	aircraftDepartedFrom
Paul W. Tibbets Jr. →	aircraftFlown
Thomas Ferebee →	aircraftOperated
atomic bombing of Hiroshima ("B-29 Superfortress") →	aircraftType
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki →	aircraftUsedAtHiroshima
44-86292 →	alsoKnownAs
Glenn L. Martin Company plant, Omaha, Nebraska →	associatedWithAircraft
Little Boy →	deliveryAircraft
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center →	housesArtifact
Enola Gay ("Enola Gay Tibbets") →	namedAfter
B-29 Superfortress →	notableAircraft
Circle R →	notableAircraftBearingMarking
Paul W. Tibbets Jr. →	notableAircraftCommanded
Glenn L. Martin Company plant, Omaha, Nebraska →	producedAircraft
Circle R →	relatedTo