Enola Gay Preparing for Takeoff

The B-29 Enola Gay begins its taxi down the airstrip on Tinian atoll on its way to Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. The plane, piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets, carries the atomic bomb nicknamed "Little Boy," the product of the U.S. Manhattan Project and the first nuclear weapon ever to be used in combat. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
The B-29 Enola Gay begins its taxi down the airstrip on Tinian atoll on its way to Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. The plane, piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets, carries the atomic bomb nicknamed "Little Boy," the product of the U.S. Manhattan Project and the first nuclear weapon ever to be used in combat. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
Enola Gay Preparing for Takeoff
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