Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

Their innocence changed the world forever.

1980 · 156 min · ★ 6.0 · War, History, TV Movie

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.

Directed by David Lowell Rich · Written by Millard Kaufman

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