It was flown by the pilot, Paul Tibbets who named the plane after his mother.
Brand New Paperback, shrink wrapped, in excellent condition. It contained several major components of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber used in the atomic mission that destroyed Hiroshima, Japan. Fifty years after the crew of the Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, hastening Japans surrender, The American Legion honored Tibbets and his. The Enola Gay is a B-29 bomber that was used in the bombing of Japan. Read 10 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. George McGovern was a long-serving senator for South Dakota and unsuccessful presidential candidate against Richard Nixon in 1972. Enola Gay This past exhibition, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, told the story of the role of the Enola Gay in securing Japanese surrender. Enola Gay is the world-famous nickname of the B-29 aircraft who dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945 (mother of the pilot, Paul Tibbets, was Enola Gay Tibbets), while Dakota Queen was the Italy-based B-24 bomber valiantly captained by George McGovern in WWII he made a dangerous emergency landing, saving his crew aboard the badly damaged plane, which was named after his wife Eleanor. winner Enola Gay and her dam Dakota Queen carry names of WW2 flying machines (with parallel connections to family females). The Enola Gay is one of the most famous-some might call it infamous-aircrafts in history.