0.2 miles away) Operations Building (approx. Airmen’s Dining Hall and Barracks (approx. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Marker is in this post office area: Wendover UT 84083, United States of America. Marker can be reached from Historic Wendover Airfield.
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On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft. Around 8:15 a.m., on a calm, sunny morning, bombardier Maj. Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of pilot Paul Tibbets. Marker is in Wendover, Utah, in Tooele County. 6, 1945, the Enola Gay took off for Hiroshima, an important Japanese military center.
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This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space Often referred to as the “Enola Gay” hangar, the 393rd Bombardment Squadron of the 509th Composite Group utilized this hangar for their operations and maintenance. The small rectangular door above the height of the B-29’s vertical tail. With offices in the side wooden ‘lean–to’ buildings, there are 53,400 square feet total in the hangar. Built specifically to house the new B-29 aircraft, it is 200 feet by 228 feet. See the B-29 Enola Gay Aircraft Hangar on a Wendover Airfield Tour Situated less than a mile from Wendover, Utah along the Nevada border, the original Wendover Air Force Base was where the Enola Gay crew trained for their mission to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the second World War. This historical marker is in Wendover in Tooele County Utah This hangar is the only steel vaulted-roof hangar at the base. Often referred to as the Enola Gay hangar, the 393rd Bombardment Squadron of the 509th Composite Group utilized this hangar for their operations and. Situated less than a mile from Wendover, Utah along the Nevada border, the original Wendover Air Force Base was where the Enola Gay crew trained for their. , Often referred to as the “Enola Gay” hangar, the 393rd Bombardment Squadron of the 509th Composite Group utilized this hangar for their operations and maintenance.
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Built specifically to house the new B-29 aircraft, it is 200 feet by 228 feet. This hangar is the only steel vaulted-roof hangar at the base.