The Enola Gay

One of the most recognizable aircraft in the museum’s collection is the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber Enola Gay. The Enola Gay dropped “Little Boy” the first atomic bomb used in combat on August 6, 1945, destroying Hiroshima, Japan.

[displayname]

we went to this museum its a 10/10 for sure

[chetpomeroy]

She's a *beautiful* bird! There were many just like it in the UK during the 1948-49 Soviet surface blockade of Berlin.

[grilledtalksfootball]

Good to know the greatest B-29 is still alive

[petersmith]

I love the B29, many of my fellow Brits will no doubt prefer the Lancaster, but the Boeing was a new generation.

[PointlessAccountno.]

Beautiful aircraft all polished up… with such a contrasting history

[allancopland]

I saw that aircraft in the Smithsonian. It gave me the creeping heeby-jeebies.

[lawrencebeeler]

When you say perfectly restored does that mean it is airworthy

[govtfunded]

Some day I hope she can fly again. As a reminder. To get peace, sometimes, it takes violence.

[claiborneeastjr]

Such an iconic warbird should be on display for decades to come. It is nice to know that "Doc" and "Fifi" are once again flying! Maybe more B-29s will be restored to flyworthy condition.

[saratoga]

Seeing this plane while playing that Kingdom of predators OST of HxH will be a perfect match

[boxiNBooger]

Protect that treasure at all cost, it saved the world that day

[Dasu_frl]

The definition of "I have won but at what cost?"

[sandal_thong]

Well, they left off the controversy of displaying the nose and cockpit in the main Air & Space Museum in 1995 for the 50th anniversary, as well as the consequences to Hiroshima. I guess this is the kind of video the veterans' groups wanted: no victims, no questioning the necessity of dropping the bomb, and no talk of the Cold War from 1945-1991.

[wombatwilly]

Originally the B-29 didn't have the capacity to hold "little boy", only the Lancaster did!

[stevenstjohn]

Makes me sick to think how many people it’s killed

[kenvandevoort]

My dad was there to watch it take off for Hiroshima.

[ronanbarry]

GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO END THE WAR. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. NO REGRETS.

[cultofpersonaliity]

This plane dropped a bomb that killed almost 150, 000 people in one day

[ek]

When gay actually meant "happy" instead of the garbage pushed nowadays

[N.WS]

I'm surprised that the democrats haven't demanded that the plane be dismantled and destroyed.