On August 6, 1945, the B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Twelve men were on that flight.

The plane was named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the plane's pilot, Col. Paul Tibbets. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of ...

The granddaughter of a World War II pilot expressed her shock that photos of the "Enola Gay" -- the plane used to drop an atomic bomb on Japan -- were either flagged or removed in the Trump ...

Army Air Force Colonel Tibbets, 30, was the commander and pilot of the Enola Gay on Aug. 6, 1945, when the crew of the B-29 Superfortress dropped an atomic bomb dubbed "Little Boy" on the city of ...

In this Aug. 6, 1945, file photo, the "Enola Gay" Boeing B-29 Superfortress lands at Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, after the U.S. atomic bombing mission against the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Enola Gay Was on the Nagasaki Mission, Too. The nuclear attack on Japan was not over. Three days later Nagasaki was bombed by Fat Man. Enola Gay did not drop that device, instead, a B-29 known as ...

Paul Tibbets died yesterday at the age of 92. He flew the Enola Gay over Hiroshima and gave the order to the bombardier to drop "Little Boy," killing approximately 140,000 Japanese.<BR><BR>The ...

Robert Lewis, co-pilot and aircraft commander of the Enola Gay — the B-29 bomber that unleashed the first atomic bomb, Little Boy, on the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.

The granddaughter of a World War II pilot expressed her shock that photos of the "Enola Gay" -- the plane used to drop an atomic bomb on Japan -- were either flagged or removed in the Trump ...