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USA buyers receive free economy ground shipping. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. Important Information: This model will be shipped directly to the buyer from my wholesale model distributor & item availability at the time of the purchase, may vary. 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. He is best known as the pilot who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay (named after his mother) when it dropped Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. (Today it is illegal to remove Trinite from the site but any taken prior to the prohibition is available in very limited quantity.) (23 February 1915 1 November 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. by By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press, Inquirer. Also mounted on the base is a small piece of "Trinitite," the glassy residue left on the desert floor after the Trinity nuclear bomb test on 7/16/45. Paul Tibbets, who etched his mothers name - Enola Gay - into history on the nose of the B-29 bomber he flew to drop the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, died Thursday after six decades of steadfastly defending the mission. A specifications plate provides details of the bomb and its delivery. and others explain, delivering a 10,000-pound bomb to southern Japan was a years-long endeavor that required patience, practice, and precision. It is one of only 82 signed by all 3 crew members, of whom are all now deceased. On August 6, 1945, the crew of the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb designed at Los Alamos on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This 1/12 scale replica model measures 10" long & the wood base is 16.50" long. Enola Gay Little Boy Bomb Model Signed Paul Tibbets Dutch VanKirk Morris JeppsonĮnola Gay Little Boy Bomb Model Signed Paul Tibbets Dutch VanKirk Morris Jeppson:Ĭentury Collection WWII Little Boy Atomic Bomb Replica Desktop Display Solid Wood Model Signed By USAF Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay Pilot: Paul Tibbets, Weapons Test Officer, Morris Jeppson And Navigator, Theodore Dutch Van Kirk Item #WLBT.īrand New In Box With Certificate Of Authenticity Included On Underside Of Base.