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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Enola Gay canonical	26
B-29 Superfortress	1
Enola Gay Hiroshima mission	1
Enola Gay Tibbets	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Boeing B-29 Superfortress ⓘ bomber aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftType	B-29 Superfortress ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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, Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center ⓘ
currentLocationCity	Chantilly, Virginia ⓘ
currentLocationCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
historicDesignation	iconic aircraft of the nuclear age ⓘ
length	30.2 m ⓘ
manufacturer	Boeing ⓘ
missionDate	1945-08-06 ⓘ
namedAfter	Enola Gay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Enola Gay Tibbets
namedBy	Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
notableEvent	dropped first atomic bomb used in warfare ⓘ
notableEventDate	1945-08-06 ⓘ
operatedBySquadron	509th Composite Group ⓘ surface form: 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	Tinian ⓘ surface form: North Field, Tinian
takeoffLocation	Tinian ⓘ surface form: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands
targetCity	Hiroshima ⓘ
targetCountry	Japan ⓘ
tookPartIn	atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ
wingspan	43 m ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

atomic bombing of Hiroshima → aircraft → Enola Gay ⓘ

atomic bombing of Hiroshima → aircraftType → Enola Gay ⓘ

this entity surface form: B-29 Superfortress

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center → housesArtifact → Enola Gay ⓘ

Enola Gay → namedAfter → Enola Gay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Enola Gay Tibbets

Paul W. Tibbets Jr. → aircraftFlown → Enola Gay ⓘ

Paul W. Tibbets Jr. → notableAircraftCommanded → Enola Gay ⓘ

atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki → aircraftUsedAtHiroshima → Enola Gay ⓘ

B-29 Superfortress → notableAircraft → Enola Gay ⓘ

Tinian → aircraftDepartedFrom → Enola Gay ⓘ

Little Boy → deliveryAircraft → Enola Gay ⓘ

509th Composite Group → aircraft → Enola Gay ⓘ

Glenn L. Martin Company plant, Omaha, Nebraska → producedAircraft → Enola Gay ⓘ

Glenn L. Martin Company plant, Omaha, Nebraska → associatedWithAircraft → Enola Gay ⓘ

44-86292 → alsoKnownAs → Enola Gay ⓘ

Circle R → usedOn → Enola Gay ⓘ

Circle R → notableAircraftBearingMarking → Enola Gay ⓘ

Circle R → relatedTo → Enola Gay ⓘ

Victor 82 → usedOn → Enola Gay ⓘ

navigator: Theodore Van Kirk → aircraft → Enola Gay ⓘ

subject surface form: Theodore Van Kirk

bombardier: Thomas Ferebee → aircraftOperated → Enola Gay ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Ferebee

North Field → launchSiteOf → Enola Gay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Enola Gay Hiroshima mission

North Field → notableAircraft → Enola Gay ⓘ

Operation Centerboard I → deliveryAircraft → Enola Gay ⓘ

393d Bombardment Squadron → notableAircraft → Enola Gay ⓘ

Wendover Army Air Field, Utah → associatedWith → Enola Gay ⓘ

subject surface form: Wendover Army Air Field

The Atomic Bomb Group → aircraftInvolved → Enola Gay ⓘ

Triangle N (509th Composite Group marking) → appliedTo → Enola Gay ⓘ

My True Course: Dutch Van Kirk, Northumberland to Hiroshima → subject → Enola Gay ⓘ

Operation Silverplate → notableAircraft → Enola Gay ⓘ