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Some chose to keep a low profile and others spoke out about their place in history.
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Almost all had something to say after the war. The 509th Composite Group was formed by the U.S. Army Air Force to deliver and deploy the first atomic bombs during World War II. The group was segregated from the rest of the military and trained in secret. Aha, this kiss you give, it's never ever gonna fade away Enola Gay, it shouldn't ever have to end this way Aha, Enola Gay, it shouldn't fade in our dreams away It's 8:15, and that's the time that it's always been We got your message on the radio, conditions normal and you're coming home Enola Gay, is mother proud of little boy today Aha, this. it had not, for instance crossed his mind on the flight back from Hong Kong. Even those in the group only knew as much as they needed to know in order to perform their duties. The group deployed to Tinian in 1945 with 15 B-29 bombers, flight crews, ground crews, and other personnel, a total of about 1770 men. 6, 1945, Tibbets' B-29 dropped the nearly five. Paul Tibbets, who piloted the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb, has died at age 92. The mission to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (special mission 13) involved seven planes, but the one we remember was the Enola Gay. Pilot of Enola Gay Had No Regrets for Hiroshima. Captain Theodore Van Kirk, NavigatorĪir Force captain Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk did not know the destructive force of the nuclear bomb before Hiroshima. He was 24 years old at that time, a veteran of 58 missions in North Africa. Paul Tibbets told him this mission would shorten or end the war, but Van Kirk had heard that line before. Van Kirk felt the bombing of Hiroshima was worth the price in that it ended the war before the invasion of Japan, which promised to be devastating to both sides. The crew of the Enola Gay, the plane that carried the nuclear bomb to Hiroshima. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. I honestly believe the use of the atomic bomb saved lives in the long run. The Enola Gay is the name of the B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb, code-named Little Boy, to be used in war, by the United. 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. In 2005, Van Kirk came as close as he ever got to regret. I pray no man will have to witness that sight again. Such a terrible waste, such a loss of life. We unleashed the first atomic bomb, and I hope there will never be another. I pray that we have learned a lesson for all time. 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.