The plant originally assembled the B-26 medium bombers, but was later changed to assemble the B-29 bombers which were the largest American bombers of World War II. He was 24 years old when he served as navigator on the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the first atomic bomb deployed in wartime over the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. Martin Bomber Plant was constructed in 1941 at Fort Crook which is located east of Bellevue or just south of Omaha. Martin Assembly Plant where the "Enola Gay" and "Bockscar" were built. He even re-enacted the bombing in a B-29 during a 1976 Texas air show and denounced the Smithsonian’s exhibition of the actual plane when it debuted because of the exhibition’s focus on the suffering of the Japanese people and not the brutality of the Japanese military. There is also information about the committee’s petition which is circulating worldwide. He proudly named his airplane Enola Gay after his beloved mother.
On the landing page of the website, you can see the list of contents found on the whole site. nuclear history and the current policies around it. Grennan suggested this wouldn't be smart. Staff Sergeant Albert Dehart - Tail Gunner The website was created to make a committee for a national discussion of. they orbit until Tibbets passed them, and then follow him back to see what happens when the bomb goes off. Master Sergeant John Kuharek - Flight Engineer Staff Sergeant Ed Buckly - Radar Operator Sweeney.įirst Lieutenant Charles Albury - Co-Pilot "Bockscar" (44-27297) was named for the the original pilot Frederick Bock, who on the day of the mission, switched planes with Maj. Staff Sergeant Robert Caron - Tail GunnerĢnd Lieutenant Morris Jeppson - Ordnance ExpertĪugThe dropping of "Fat Man" over Nagasaki. Staff Sergeant Wyatt Duzenbury - Flight Engineer Sergeant Joseph Stiborik - Radar Operator
Lieutenant Jacob Beser - Electronic Countermeasures The "Enola Gay" (44-86292) was named for the the pilot's mother Enola Gay Tibbets. Editors note: This story originally published in the Registers Famous Iowans database. The planes that dropped the atomic bombs upon Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.ĪugThe dropping of "Little Boy" over Hiroshima. Tibbets, 31, stands beside the B-29 superfortress. Enola Gay & Bockscar Assembled in Nebraska