The two other 509th planes that accompanied the Enola Gay included the instrument aircraft, the Great Artiste, piloted by Major Charles Sweeney and a third B-29, equipped with photographic equipment, commanded by Major George Marquardt.Īs the crew approached the mainland of Japan, the weather was clear for the visual drop requirement. Lewis, copilot Lt Jacob Beser, radar countermeasures officer and weaponeers, Captain William S. Tibbets, pilot and commander Capt Robert A. Ferebee, group bombardier Capt Theodore J. Duzenbury, flight engineer PFC Richard H.
The crew consisted of the following people: SSgt George R. From Operational History of the 509th BombardmentĪt 0245 Tinian time on Monday, 6 August 1945, Col Tibbets and crew took off in the Enola Gay.
