The Enola Gay ( / ə ˈ n oʊ l ə/) is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets. National Air and Space Museum's Steven F.
Paul Tibbets waving from the Enola Gay 's cockpit before taking off for the bombing of Hiroshima
For other uses, see Enola Gay (disambiguation).