The Enola Gay (B-29-45-MO, AAF Serial Number 44-86292, Victor number 82) was built by the Glenn L. Since 2003, the entire restored B-29 has been on display at NASM's Steven F. The exhibit was changed due to a controversy over original historical script displayed with the aircraft. The Enola Gay gained additional attention in 1995 when the cockpit and nose section of the aircraft were exhibited during the bombing's 50th anniversary at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution in downtown Washington, D.C. The bomb, code-named ' Little Boy', was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and caused extensive destruction. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon of war. Udvar-Hazy CenterĮnola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of the pilot, then- Colonel (later Brigadier General) Paul Tibbets. National Air and Space Museum's Steven F.
Colonel Paul Tibbets waving from Enola Gay's cockpit before taking off for the bombing of Hiroshima )
