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title: Enola Gay B-29 Superfortress
author: USAF - Imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20100/enola-gay-b-29-superfortress/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-02-26
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# Enola Gay B-29 Superfortress

_Authored by USAF - Imperial War Museums_

## Image File

[![Enola Gay B-29 Superfortress](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20100.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20100.png)

## Image Caption

A photograph of the 'Enola Gay' on the Marianas Islands. This was the US Air Force [Boeing B-29 Superfortress](https://www.worldhistory.org/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress/) which dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 in the final stages of the Second World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museums, U. -. I. W. (2025, February 26). Enola Gay B-29 Superfortress. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20100/enola-gay-b-29-superfortress/>
### Chicago
Museums, USAF - Imperial War. "Enola Gay B-29 Superfortress." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 26, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20100/enola-gay-b-29-superfortress/>.
### MLA
Museums, USAF - Imperial War. "Enola Gay B-29 Superfortress." *World History Encyclopedia*, 26 Feb 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20100/enola-gay-b-29-superfortress/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205372036) by **USAF - Imperial War Museums**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 26 February 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.