The Enola Gay, the propeller-driven four-engine bomber named after the mother of its pilot, Col. 6, 1945, helped bring an early end to the war with Japan but ushered in a new, far more horrific type of warfare. The bomb had the destructive force of 20,000 tons of TNT.Īt 20, Nelson was the youngest of the 12 men aboard the Enola Gay, whose historic mission on Aug. Hiroshima bomb - The obituary of Richard Nelson, radio operator aboard the Enola Gay, in the California section Thursday incorrectly said the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima had the destructive force of 20,000 pounds of TNT. Los Angeles Times Friday FebruHome Edition Main News Part A National Desk 10 inches 365 words Type of Material: Correction
