Enola Gay*: Meaning and Definition of

Eno'la Gay'

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  1. the name of the American B-29 bomber, piloted by Col. Paul Tibbets, Jr., that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945.
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