Enola Gay

Enola Gay was a B-29 Superfortress bomber of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) that dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare ("Little Boy"). The Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945, just before the end of World War II. The Enola Gay became famous for its part in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. In the past it was displayed in the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., but that exhibit closed on May 18, 1998. In 2003, the Enola Gay was once again viewable to the public at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport.

Enola Gay in popular culture

"Enola Gay" was the title of a song by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from their 1980 album Organisation. It is also the namesake of a song by American musician Utah Phillips.

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Utah Phillips

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