Corgi AA31803 Boeing B-29-45-MO Superfortress United States Army Air Force 44-86292/82 Named Enola Gay Colonel Paul W Tibbets, Jr, CO, 393rd BS/509th CG, Tinian, August 1945

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The "Enola Gay" made history on August 6th, 1945 when it was used in the atomic mission that destroyed Hiroshima. Flown to the South Pacific by its 11-man crew, it became one of 15 B-29s modified with new engines, propellers, and faster-acting bomb bay doors specifically for the bombing mission. The crew (known as the 509th Composite Group) was led by Colonel Paul Tibbets, who named the plane "Enola Gay" after his mother. Disassembled in 1960, the plane has been restored and is currently on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.