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0515875 - Col Paul W Tibbets Jr, 31, of Orlando, Fla, stands beside his famous ARF B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay which he named for his mother, and which he piloted over Hiroshima last 6th August to drop the historic atomic bomb, destroying most of the city. Colonel Tibbets, with three others of the original crew, brings the Enola Gay to New York City on Friday 5th April at 3.pm on a mission for the US Army Recruiting Service. The plane will remain on public exhibition for several days, and the crew will participate in the Army Day parade down Fifth Avenue, Saturday 6th April 1946
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