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May 18, 2014 · Well-intentioned history lesson; the decision to drop the atom bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it.Production CompaniesViacom ...
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Aug 7, 2022 · PART ONE - The decision to drop the atom bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it. This made-for-TV historical drama chronicles th...
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Nov 23, 1980 · Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb: Directed by David Lowell Rich. With Billy Crystal, Kim Darby, Patrick Duffy, Gary Frank. The decision to drop the atom bomb, the secrecy surrounding the mission, and the men who flew it.
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- Adventure, Drama, History
- David Lowell Rich
- 1980-11-23
Release. November 23, 1980. ( 1980-11-23) Enola Gay: The Men, The Mission, The Atomic Bomb is a 1980 American made-for-television historical drama film about the B-29 mission by the 509th Composite Group, the Army Air Force unit that dropped the first first atomic bomb to be used in combat on Hiroshima, Japan at the end of World War II .
- Captain Theodore Van Kirk, Navigator
- Major Thomas Ferebee, Bombardier
- Lieutenant Jacob Beser, Electronic Countermeasures
- Sergeant Joseph Stiborik, Radar Operator
- 2nd Lieutenant Morris Jeppson, Ordnance Expert
- Private Richard Nelson, Radar Operator
- Staff Sergeant Robert Caron, Tail Gunner
- Staff Sergeant Wyatt Duzenbury, Flight Engineer
- Sergeant Robert H. Shumard, Assistant Flight Engineer
- Captain Deke Parsons, Weaponeer
Air Force captain Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk did not know the destructive force of the nuclear bomb before Hiroshima. He was 24 years old at that time, a veteran of 58 missions in North Africa. Paul Tibbets told him this mission would shorten or end the war, but Van Kirk had heard that line before. Hiroshima made him a believer. Van Kirk felt the bo...
Thomas Ferebee pushed the button that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. He slept in the plane both before and after he did his part. After the war, Ferebee stayed with the Air Force, serving in the Strategic Air Command and in Vietnam. He retired as a full Colonel. That doesn't mean he had no opinion on the further use of such weapons. Colonel Ferebee...
Army Air Force radar specialist Jacob Beser was the only man who served on both the Enola Gay in the Hiroshima bombing mission and the Bock's Carthree days later when its crew bombed Nagasaki. He couldn't look at the detonation of the bombs because he was charged with monitoring for outside signals that could have detonated the bomb early and monit...
There isn't a lot of biographical information available on radar operator Joe Stiborik, except for some of his reminiscences of the mission. Stiborik died of a heart attack in 1984 at age 69.
Morris Jeppson was only 23 years old when he was assigned to accompany the atomic bomb on the Enola Gay. It was his duty to arm the bomb and make sure it would work. Jeppson had the power to abort the mission if it didn't. It was his first and last mission of the war. Jeppson had worked in developing the mechanics of the bomb, and after the war he ...
Richard Nelson was the youngest of the Enola Gay crew. He was 20 years old in August of 1945. He relayed the news of the atomic bomb to his superiors in code, who forwarded it to President Truman: "Results excellent." After the war, Nelson got a degree in business administration and made a career as a salesman. Fifty years later, he had no regrets ...
Enola Gay tail gunner Bob Caron wrote a book about the mission called Fire of a Thousand Suns. Despite his description of the bomb's effects, he never regretted being part of the mission. Caron died of pneumonia in 1995. He was 75 years old.
Wyatt Duzenbury kept tabs on the Enola Gay's engines and other systems while others tended the bomb and the mission itself. He considered it an honor to be chosen for the secret bombing mission that was to shorten the war. After 1945, he stayed with the Air Force. In his retirement, helooked backat the mission. Duzenbury died in 1992 at age 71.
Robert Shumard assisted flight engineer Wyatt Duzenbury in keeping the Enola Gayrunning. In a 1960 interview, Shumard said he didn't feel honored to do what they did, but he felt honored to be selected for the mission. And given the circumstances, he would do it again.
Naval gunnery officer William "Deke" Parsons was pulled from sea duty to work on the Manhattan Project in 1943. He helped turn the nuclear bomb into a weapon of war, from development to assembly to delivery. He armed the first atomic bomb while the Enola Gaywas airborne. After the war, Parsons continued in nuclear weapons development, rising to the...
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Released November 23rd, 1980, 'Enola Gay The Men the Mission the Atomic Bomb' stars Billy Crystal, Kim Darby, Patrick Duffy, Gary Frank The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 36 min, and received a ...
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David Lowell Rich. Director. Millard Kaufman. Writer. James Poe. Writer. Full Cast & Crew. The story of Col. Paul Tibbets and his crew who flew the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, bringing World War II to a close.
