Brian Ferguson) 160913-F-BP133-157.jpg by AirmanMagazine ġ9th Special Forces Group of the Utah National Guard, launching and operating a Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle Nov. He is the last surviving crew member of the B-29s that flew the missions. Gackenbach, was the navigator aboard Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb, during the mission to Nagasaki on Aug. Brian Ferguson) 160913-F-BP133-157.jpg by AirmanMagazine Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29 Superfortress, Necessary Evil, holds a photo he took during the atomic bombing mission over Hiroshima, Japan on Aug.
Russell Gackenbach, the navigator aboard the B-29 Superfortress, Necessary Evil, holds a photo he took during the atomic bombing mission over Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. The three crew members are the last surviving members of the original twelve-man crew that flew the historic World War II atomic bomb mission. Jeppson, were invited to climb inside their old aircraft for the first time in 50 years. Tibbetts, along with the navigator Theodore ÒDutchÓ Van Kirk and assistant weaponeer Morris R. Tibbetts waves from the cockpit of the ÒEnola GayÓ at the National Air and Space MuseumÕs Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center. 23, 2004) Ð Recreating his famous World War II photograph, Retired U.S.
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Behind them is a World War II hangar where the B29 Enola Gay was kept while its crew trained to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. Watching the Shadow on its launcher, left to right, are: Spc. Tyler Perkins (left), awaits word from the Ground Control Station to launch the Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle. The aircraft is a World War II Douglas DC-4 Skymaster, later altered to fight 19th Special Forces Group of the Utah National Guard, launching and operating a Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle Nov. Paul W ġ9th Special Forces Group of the Utah National Guard, launching and operating a Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle Nov. PICTURED: The ground and flight crew of the B-29 'Enola Gay' after the first Atomic Bombing mission on Hiroshima, Japan. From the Pacific island of Tinian to Japan, dropping the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. (Februñ November 1, 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force, best known for being the B-29 pilot of the Enola Gay at the age of 30 on August 6, 1945, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. 01, 1945 - Tuman, Guam - File photo: circa August 1945.