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| Keywords: US Navy 041023-N-0295M-001 Recreating his famous World War II photograph, Retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbetts waves from the cockpit of the Enola Gay.jpg en Chantilly Va Oct 23 2004 Recreating his famous World War II photograph Retired U S Air Force Brig Gen Paul W Tibbetts waves from the cockpit of the Enola Gay at the National Air and Space Museum s Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center Tibbetts along with the navigator Theodore Dutch Van Kirk and assistant weaponeer Morris R Jeppson were invited to climb inside their old aircraft for the first time in 50 years 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 Enola Gay is the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb Little Boy on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6 1945 forcing the surrender of the Japanese and the end of World War II U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Daniel J McLain RELEASED 2004-10-23 041023-N-0295M-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 18405 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Daniel J McLain PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location Chantilly Va | ||||
