Wwii enola gay crew

This list has been thoroughly checked for accuracy by several th Composite Group experts and historians. A modified Crew B-9 flew the plane. Only person to fly on the strike plane on both bombing missions. Radar countermeasures. Robert H. Assistant flight engineer.

The Enola Gay's crew consisted of 12 men led by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets Jr., who commanded the historic atomic bombing mission on August 6, Key members included co-pilot Robert Lewis, bombardier Thomas Ferebee, navigator Theodore Van Kirk, and radar countermeasure officer Jacob Beser.

Robert A. Co-pilot and aircraft commander. Weaponeer and mission commander. Paul Tibbets. Joseph S. Radar operator. On 6 August , during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in warfare. James Van Pelt. Tail gunner. They had been specially modified to accomodate the size and weight of the atomic bombs.

Richard H. VHF radio operator. Flight engineer. Assistant weaponeer. Enola Gay, the B heavy bomber that was used by the United States on August 6, , to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Crews were often rotated around during the missions. Albert Dehart. Kermit K.

Abe Spitzer. Gunner, assistant flight engineer. Major Charles W. Aircraft commander. There are many incorrect lists online of the planes and crews that flew on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing missions. It was the first time the explosive device had been used on an enemy target, and it destroyed most of the city.

Enola Gay. Strike plane carrying Little Boy. Strike plane carrying Little Boy atomic bomb. Radio operator. Four members of the Enola Gay crew had been on Tibbets’s B crew in Europe: bombardier Ferebee (called by Tibbets “the best bombardier who ever looked through the eyepiece of a Norden bombsight”) navigator Van Kirk, tail gunner Caron, and flight engineer Duzenbury.

Major Thomas Ferebee. Pilot and aircraft commander. The Enola Gay (/ əˈnoʊlə /) is a Boeing B Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets.