[PAR] [TLE] Enola Gay [SEP] The Enola Gay ( ) is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named for Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, who selected the aircraft while it was still on the assembly line.  On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb.  The bomb, code-named "Little Boy", was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and caused unprecedented destruction.  "Enola Gay" participated in the second atomic attack as the weather reconnaissance aircraft for the primary target of Kokura.  Clouds and drifting smoke resulted in a secondary target, Nagasaki, being bombed instead. [PAR] [TLE] Thomas Ferebee [SEP] Thomas W. Ferebee (November 9, 1918 – March 16, 2000) was the bombardier aboard the B-29 Superfortress, "Enola Gay", which dropped the atomic bomb, "Little Boy", on Hiroshima in 1945.
[PAR] [TLE] Enola Gay [ SEP ] The Enola Gay ( ) is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber , named for Enola Gay Tibbets , the mother of the pilot , Colonel Paul Tibbets , who selected the aircraft while it was still on the assembly line . On 6 August 1945 , during the final stages of World War II , it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb . The bomb , code - named " Little Boy " , was targeted at the city of Hiroshima , Japan , and caused unprecedented destruction . " Enola Gay " participated in the second atomic attack as the weather reconnaissance aircraft for the primary target of Kokura . Clouds and drifting smoke resulted in a secondary target , Nagasaki , being bombed instead . [PAR] [TLE] Thomas Ferebee [ SEP ] Thomas W. Ferebee ( November 9 , 1918 – March 16 , 2000 ) was the bombardier aboard the B-29 Superfortress , " Enola Gay " , which dropped the atomic bomb , " Little Boy " , on Hiroshima in 1945 .
Thomas Ferebee was the bombardier aboard a B-29 named for who?
Thomas Ferebee was the bombardier aboard a B-29 named for who ?
Enola Gay Tibbets
Enola Gay Tibbets