Col. Paul W. Tibbets, 509th Group CO and pilot
Capt. Robert A. Lewis, co-pilot
Lt. Jacob Beser, radar countermeasure officer
Navy Capt. William "Deak" Parsons, Manhattan Project Scientist
Sgt. Joseph S. Stiborik, radar operator
S/Sgt. George R. Caron, tail gunner
Pfc. Richard H. Nelson, radio operator
Sgt. Robert H. Shumard, assistant engineer
S/Sgt. Wyatt E. Duzenbury, flight engineer
Lt. Col. John Porter, ground maintenance officer
Capt. Theodore J. Van Kirk, navigator
Maj. Thomas W. Ferebee, bombardier
GROUND CREW :
Technical Sgt. Walter F. McCaleb
Sgt. Leonard W. Markley
Sgt. Jean S. Cooper
Cpl. Frank D. Duffy
Cpl. John E. Jackson
Cpl. Harold R. Olson
Pfc. John J. Lesniewski
May 18, 1945, Aircraft 44-86292 delivered to U.S. Army Air Forces Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Factory, Omaha, Nebraska.
June 14, 1945, Aircraft ferried to Wendover Army Air Field, Utah, by pilot-in-command Capt. Robert A. Lewis.
June 27, 1945, Aircraft and 11 man crew depart Wendover for South Pacific.
July 6, 1945, Aircraft arrives at Guam. Additional modifications to the bomb bay are made. Aircraft flies to Tinian Island in the Marianas.
July 12, 1945, Aircraft and crew resume training.
August 5, 1945, Aircraft 44-86292 formally named Enola Gay after Col. Paul Tibbets' mother. Tibbets chose to use her name because she had supported his decision to become a pilot. Ground crew prepares it for the next days mission. Loaded, the Enola Gay weighed 65 tons and carried 7,000 gallons of fuel and a four ton bomb.
August 6, 1945, Enola Gay departs at 2:45 a.m. for Hiroshima, Japan. The atomic bomb is released over Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m. local time.
The aircraft returns to Tinian at 2:58 p.m.
August 9, 1945, Flight report and operations order indicate Enola Gay flies as weather plane on the Nagasaki atomic mission.
November 6, 1945, Enola Gay departs Tinian for Roswell Army Air Field, New Mexico.
April 29, 1946, Enola Gay is flown to Kwajalein Island by Col. Tibbets for "Operation Crossroads" nuclear tests.
July 24, 1946, Enola Gay, bearing "Operation Crossroads" special insignia, is flown to Davis-Monthan Army Air Field, Arizona, for storage.
July 3, 1949, Enola Gay is retrieved from storage and flown to Orchard Place Army Air Field.
July 3, 1949, Enola Gay is formally accepted by the Smithsonian Institution for the National Air Museum.
January 12, 1952, Enola Gay is flown to Pyote Air Force Base, Texas for temporary storage.
December 2, 1953, Enola Gay is flown from Pyote Air Force Base Texas, to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland for storage.
August 10, 1960, Workers begin disassembling Enola Gay.
July 21, 1961, Enola Gay is moved overland to National Air Museum's storage facility in Suitland, Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
December 5, 1984, National Air and Space Museum crews begin restoring Enola Gay.
November 22, 1994
Forward fuselage of the Enola Gay is moved from Suitland, Maryland
to the National Air and Space Museum.
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