The plane was further modified to carry the atomic bomb - dubbed “Little Boy” - which was dropped from the front bomb bay onto the heart of Hiroshima during the mission. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia - an offshoot of the Washington museum.Īt the time of its mission, the Enola Gay was among the most sophisticated, propeller-driven bombers in the sky during the Second World War, according to the Smithsonian. In the video above, the CBC’s Meagan Fitzpatrick gets a tour of the Enola Gay at the Steven F. Today, the re-assembled Boeing B-29 Superfortress remains a powerful symbol of the bombing as it sits on display at the U.S.
bomber Enola Gay dropped the first ever Atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
