Painstakingly researched, the story behind the decision to send the Enola Gay to bomb Hiroshima is told through firsthand sources.
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It was flown to Kwajalein for the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests in the Pacific, but was not chosen to make the test drop at Bikini Atoll. See the Full Range Enola Gaye Smoke Bombs Enola Gaye is the global leader in the design and manufacture of colored smoke effects for commercial and professional use. A detailed history of the World War II American B-29 Enola Gay, its crew, and the controversial mission to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. On August 6, 1945, as the Enola Gay approached the Japanese city of Hiroshima, I fervently hoped for success in the first use of a nuclear type weapon. After the war, the Enola Gay returned to the United States, where it was operated from Roswell Army Air Field, New Mexico. Clouds and drifting smoke resulted in Nagasaki being bombed instead. Enola Gay participated in the second atomic attack as the weather reconnaissance aircraft for the primary target of Kokura. Sweeney and his Bock's Car crew dropped the second atomic bomb, 'Fat Man,' on Nagasaki.
The bomb, code-named "Little Boy", was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and caused unprecedented destruction. Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb, 'Little Boy,' was dropped at 8:15 a.m. EG smoke bombs are the world’s most popular colored smoke devices, and emit the most advanced smoke on the market. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. See the Full Range Enola Gaye Smoke Bombs Enola Gaye is the global leader in the design and manufacture of colored smoke effects for commercial and professional use. The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named for Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, who selected the aircraft while it was still on the assembly line.