In one of the most famous military actions of World War Two, Boeing B-29 Superfortress 44-86292 Enola Gay of the USAAF's 6th Bombardment Group dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on the morning of August 6. The devastating strike destroyed around 4.7 square miles of the target. Three days later, another Superfortress dropped an atomic weapon on Nagasaki, prompting the Japanese surrender on August 15.
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