How did the Enola Gay get its name?

Answer 1

The Enola Gay was the name of the airplane that dropped the A-bomb on the Japanese mainland to end WW2

AnswerCrews often nic named their planes, particularly the big bombers. Thus the Enola Gay.

The bomb it carried was the first atomic weapon ever used in combat. It was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945. The second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki by another crew/plane a few days later. Japan surrendered unconditionally (except for being assured by the USA that they could retain their royal family)quickly thereafter.

AnswerEnola Gay was the name of the pilot's mother who dropped the bomb on the Japanese mainland during WWII.

Answer 2

The B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb was piloted by Lt.Col Paul Tibbets and he named his aircraft after his mother. See Enola Gay,Mission to Hiroshima, by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts, Dalton Aero Books, 1995, page 182.

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Answer 3

The Enola Gay was a US Army Air corp B-29, named for pilot (then) Colonel Paul Tibbet's mother. On 6 August 1945, the crew of the Enola Gay dropped the first nuclear bomb used in war on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Answer 4

Enola Gay was the mother of the pilot, Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr.

Answer 5

The pilot of that B-29 was Paul Tebbets. "Enola Gay" was his mother's name.

Answer 6

It was the name given to the aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb in conflict: (on Hiroshima,Japan in (1945?).The name was that of the pilots (mother or wife).