Capt. Robert A Lewis wrote the account during and in the immediate aftermath of dropping the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, ...

Departing in the predawn darkness of Aug. 6, 1945, a modified B-29, designated with radio call sign ‘Dimples 82’, was carrying a single bomb. Enola Gay ...

Your device does not support the audio. QUINCY/ALTON - 89 years ago, on Feb. 25, 1937, Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. of Quincy, Illinois, enlisted as a cadet in the Army Air Corps, a step that preceded ...

Shortly after dawn on Aug. 6, 1945, Capt. Robert A. Lewis, co-pilot of the Enola Gay, wrote in his notebook that the clouds below him were dispersing and the weather looked good for the rest of the ...

Your device does not support the audio. QUINCY/ALTON - 89 years ago, on Feb. 25, 1937, Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. of Quincy, Illinois, enlisted as a cadet in the Army Air Corps, a step that preceded ...

Shortly after dawn on Aug. 6, 1945, Capt. Robert A. Lewis, co-pilot of the Enola Gay, wrote in his notebook that the clouds below him were dispersing and the weather looked good for the rest of the ...

Who remembers the Enola Gay? It was the bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, to end World War II. The pilot was Paul Tibbets. The plane was a specially modified B-29 to fit one ...

Many Americans—including students in the History of the Atomic Bomb course taught at the University of Texas at Austin by Bruce J. Hunt, A&S '84 (PhD)—have learned a version of this story: On Aug. 6, ...

It's been over 4 years since we have seen the famous B-29 "Doc" Superfortress at Inyokern airport, which was its home for many years before being restored back to flying condition. The Friends of "Doc ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Beginning Thursday, you have the chance to experience two of the most iconic warbirds from WWII. The B-29 Doc and P-51 Mustang Gunfighter landed at ECP earlier this week for ...

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Two of the nation’s most iconic warbirds still flying today, just touched down in Bay County. The B-29 Super-Fortress, known as “Doc,” alongside the legendary P-51 Mustang ...

Of the 3,900 B-29 bombers built between 1943 and 1946, only two are still flying, and both are kept in the air by not-for-profit organizations. FiFi, owned and operated by The Commemorative Air Force ...