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=Enola Gay= toc

Profile Information
Name: Enola Gay Hometown/Headquarters: United States Date of Birth/Dates Active: May 18, 1945 to August 9, 1945 Job Name/Branch of Military: Air Force Education/Commanding Officer: Paul W. Tibbets

Friends
Friend # 1 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Friend #2 Colonel Paul Tibbets == Friend #3 Little Boy Friend #4 Fat Man Friend #5 Andrews Air Force Base ==

About Me
I am a Boeing B-29 model of aircraft made especially for atomic bomb missions. I have a height of 29 feet 7 inches, a length of 99 feet, and a wingspan of 141 feet 3 inches. I was named after Colonel Paul Tibbets’ mother, Enola Gay Tibbets. When I dropped Little Boy, I could see him clearly for miles. At 363 miles from Hiroshima is where I started to lose sight of him. This mission lasted 12 hours and 13 minutes before I landed on Tinian Island.

I was the reason the war ended. I was flown by Colonel Paul Tibbets in 1945. On August 6, 1945, I dropped the first atomic bomb. The name of the bomb was Little Boy. I dropped him over the Japanese city, Hiroshima. Three days later I dropped Fat Man, the second bomb, another japanese city, called Nagasaki. Japan had finally surrendered and the war won.

The damage I did by dropping the bombs was vast. Everything a mile away from where little boy was dropped was destroyed. 4,000 feet out, because of the flash heat, roof tiles were bubbled and melted. Multi-story brick buildings were demolished completely 4,400 feet out. 90,000 to 146,000 people were killed, roughly half of them on the first day. This however, wasn't all I did. In Nagasaki, everything half a mile away was destroyed. 4,000 feet out smoke stacks, especially made to withstand earthquakes, were overturned. In both cities trolleys and electric installations were destroyed up to 5,500 feet.

Wall Posts

 * Wall Post #1: Just took off from North Field in the Mariana Islands. August 6


 * Wall Post #2: Little boy just exploded on Hiroshima. Have to say I was not expecting it to be that big. August 6


 * Wall Post #3: Japan surrendered when I dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. August 9


 * Wall Post #4: Landed in Yontan Airfield wow for a second there I thought I wasn’t gonna make it. August 9