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

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb DVD cover.

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 atom bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Worn s/n 17723.

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.

B-29 of the 314th BW, 29th BG.

Coded K-9 B-29 Pluto of 313rd BW, 505th BG (January to March 1945).

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.

Enola Gay, Boeing B-29-45-MO, s/n 44-86292.

Fieseler Fi 103

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

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See also

• Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb at IMDb
• Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb at Wikipedia