44-86292

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Boeing B-29 Superfortress four‑engine heavy bomber military aircraft

44-86292 is the U.S. Army Air Forces Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber better known as the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on Hiroshima in 1945.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Boeing B-29 Superfortress → four‑engine heavy bomber → military aircraft →
aircraftConfiguration	Silverplate B-29 modification →
aircraftFirstFlightYear	1945 →
aircraftModel	B-29 Superfortress →
aircraftRole	atomic bomber → bomber →
aircraftType	land-based bomber →
airForce	United States Army Air Forces →
alsoKnownAs	Enola Gay →
bombTypeCarried	Little Boy → uranium-235 gun-type fission bomb →
commandingPilot	Paul W. Tibbets Jr. →
constructionMaterial	metal airframe →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
crewCountOnHiroshimaMission	12 →
crewPositionOnMission	bombardier Thomas Ferebee → copilot Robert A. Lewis → pilot Paul W. Tibbets Jr. →
currentLocation	Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center →
currentOwner	Smithsonian Institution →
designedFor	delivery of atomic weapons →
engineCount	4 →
historicalSignificance	first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in combat →
manufacturer	Boeing →
missionDate	1945-08-06 →
missionType	atomic bombing mission →
museum	National Air and Space Museum →
namedAfter	Enola Gay Tibbets →
namedBy	Paul W. Tibbets Jr. →
notableEvent	dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare →
operator	United States Army Air Forces →
originalTailMarkings	Triangle N (509th Composite Group marking) →
powerplantType	piston engine →
preservationStatus	fully restored →
registration	44-86292 →
retirementYear	1960 →
serialNumber	44-86292 →
serviceBranch	United States Army Air Forces →
squadronAssignment	393d Bombardment Squadron →
status	preserved →
tailMarkingsOnMission	Circle R (6th Bombardment Group marking) →
takeoffBase	North Field, Tinian →
targetCity	Hiroshima →
targetCountry	Japan →
unitAssignment	509th Composite Group →
usedInConflict	World War II →
usedInTheater	Pacific War →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Enola Gay →	serialNumber