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Academy 12528 1/72 B-29A Enola Gay and Bockscar

Product Code: ACA-12528
Barcode: 8809258925002
$67.99
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The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets. On 6 August 1945, piloted by Tibbets and Robert A. Lewis during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in warfare. The bomb, code-named "Little Boy", was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and caused the destruction of about three quarters of the city. Enola Gay participated in the second nuclear attack as the weather reconnaissance aircraft for the primary target of Kokura. Clouds and drifting smoke resulted in a secondary target, Nagasaki, being bombed instead.

Features

  • Accurate, finely engraved cockpit interior & bomb bay
  • Accurately detailed panel lines & rivets
  • "Little boy" and 'Fat man" bombs included
  • Choice of two markings : "Enola Gray" and "Bockscar"
  • "Cartograf" premium quality decal included