Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

TV Movie (1980)
Starring:
Billy Crystal (Lieutenant Jacob 'Jake' Beser)
Patrick Duffy (Colonel Paul Tibbets)
Stephen Macht (Major Wiiliam 'Bud' Uanna)
James Shigeta (Field Marshall Abehata)
The decision to drop the atomic bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain



Lockheed F-5G Lightning
Lockheed F-5G Lightning, built as a P-38L, s/n 44-53247, c/n 8502. Destroyed by hanger fire on 17th May 1990.


Boeing B-29 Superfortress



From The Last Bomb.


Unidentified Aircraft
Several kamikaze aboard unidentified aircrafts.

Yokosuka D4Y Suisei
Same footage in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Nakajima B6N Tenzan

North American T-6 (acting as Mitsubishi A6M Zero)
Probably a modified North American T-6 acting as the famous Imperial Navy fighter.

Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate

Boeing B-29-45-MO Superfortress

Enola Gay : look at Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Fieseler Fi 103
Alias V1 for most people. Seems to be a mock-up, not a surviving example.

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