Alan Lloyd watched B-29 bombers fly low over his childhood home in the 1940s. The planes, heavy with fuel, climbed slowly over Makiki Heights. Lloyd remembers the B-29s would take off from Honolulu ...

Tinian, along with the nearby islands of Saipan and Guam, has a rich history of US air operations. During World War II, all three islands, after they were captured from Japanese occupiers, were home ...

This collection includes a large map, 55 by 29 1/2 inches, detailing the route taken by the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay after its return from Hiroshima, from Tinian to Hawaii via Kwajalein. Entitled ...

The day was August 6, 1945, the weather was calm and mild as an overloaded B-29 Superfortress named Enola Gay struggled to lift off from the huge airstrip located on the South Pacific island of Tinian ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. One-quarter front left side view of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay" (s/n 44-86292, a/c no. 82, A19500100000), US Army Air Forces 509th ...

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