Enola Gay
Americannoun
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In crafting “The Price of Freedom,” the museum consulted with veterans’ groups to try to avoid a backlash like the one that arose on the Enola Gay.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
And the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan was initially flagged for removal from Pentagon documents, apparently due to the word "gay".
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025
Seventy years earlier, the Enola Gay — the B-29 super fortress that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan — was built inside these walls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2024
Kondo stared in hatred at another guest: Capt. Robert Lewis, co-pilot of the B-29 bomber Enola Gay that dropped the bomb.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2020
“If I live A hundred years, I’ll never quite get these few minutes out of my mind,” said Robert Lewis, copilot of the Enola Gay.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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