This time it gathered data about the weather in the lead up to dropping another atomic bomb this time on Nagasaki. The Enola Gay was the Boeing B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. She flew a few more times after the war as it was used in an atomic test program in the Pacific. The Enola Gay was stored at an airfield in Arizona before being flown to Illinois.Ĭite this item Tips for Students Item 7 of 15 in the Primary Source Set.
