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B-29 Enola Gay Model Airplane 1/72 Scale
SKU: MCSS09W069
The Enola Gay is the B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb, code-named Little Boy, to be used in war, by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the attack on Hiroshima, Japan on 6 August 1945, just before the end of World War II.
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Product Description
Scale: 1/72
Wingspan: 23 3/4"
Code: MCSS09W069
B-29 Enola Gay is a Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of pilot Paul Tibbets. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon of war. The bomb, code-named "Little Boy", was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and caused extensive destruction.
The Enola Gay (B-29-45-MO, serial number 44-86292, victor number 82) was assigned to the USAAF's 393d Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, 509th Composite Group. The bomber was one of 15 B-29s with the "Silverplate" modifications necessary to deliver atomic weapons, which included an extensively modified bomb bay and the deletion of protective armor and gun turrets. The aircraft was accepted by the USAAF on 18 May 1945, and assigned to Crew B-9 (Captain Robert A. Lewis, aircraft commander), who flew the bomber from Omaha to the 509th's base at Wendover Army Air Field, Utah on 14 June 1945.
On July 26, 1945, the Allies issued the Potsdam Declarations calling for Japan's surrender. Two days later, the Japanese Premier announced to the Japanese press that his government would ignore the ultimatum. Based on the apparent rejection of peace efforts and the desire to avoid the need to invade Japan, President Harry Truman gave the order to employ a new weapon of mass destruction, the atomic bomb. At 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 1945, the Tinian-based B-29 Enola Gay released its single atomic bomb over Hiroshima; 50 seconds later, the weapon detonated at approximately 2,000 feet altitude devastating the target in an enormous fireball.
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