<article><hdr>Ground shot of B-29 Superfortress</hdr><body>
<hi style=afpcap>Undoubtedly the most famous, or maybe that should be infamous B-29 Superfortress 'Enola Gay' which was operated by the 509th Composite Group and had the distinction of being the first aircraft to deliver an atomic bomb. The unit was formed in 1944 at Roswell Army Air Field, New Mexico to practice the delivery using dummy weapons. The unit was reassigned to Tinian in the Marianas in preparation for the mission. On 6 August 1945 seven B-29s, including 'Enola Gay' carrying a 9,700 lb 'Little Boy' departed for Hiroshima. The B-29 released its bomb from a height of 31,600 ft. Eight days later a second B-29 'Bock's Car' delivered a 'Fat Boy' atomic bomb against Nagasaki, effectively ending the war in the Pacific.</hi>
