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English: Original caption from the US Government archive:

L to R, standing: Lt. Col. John Porter, ground maintenance officer on B-29 "Enola Gay" which atom bombed Hiroshima, Japan; Major (then Capt.) Theodore J. (Dutch) Van Kirk, navigator; Major Thomas W. Ferebee, bombardier; Col. Paul W. Tibbets, 509th Group CO and pilot; Capt. Robert A. Lewis, co-pilot; and Lt. Jacob Beser, radar countermeasure officer.

L to R, front row: Sgt. Joseph S. Stiborik, radar operator; S/Sgt. George R. Caron, tail gunner; Pfc. Richard H. Nelson, radio operator; Sgt. Robert H. Shumard, assistant engineer; and S/Sgt. Wyatt E. Duzenbury, flight engineer.
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Source L To R, Standing: Lt. Colonel John Porter, Ground Maintenance Officer On B-29 'Enola Gay' Which Atom Bombed Hiroshima, Japan; Major (Then Capt.) Theodore J. (Dutch) Van Kirk, Navigator; Major Thomas W. Ferebee, Bombardier; Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, 509Th (U.S. Air Force Number 59475AC), U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
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Photo of the crew of the Enola Gay that bombed Hiroshima

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August 1945

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current01:15, 28 January 2023Thumbnail for version as of 01:15, 28 January 20233,668 × 2,787 (1.48 MB)LittleDwangsCropped 17 % horizontally, 20 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode.
01:13, 28 January 2023Thumbnail for version as of 01:13, 28 January 20234,440 × 3,495 (2.2 MB)LittleDwangsUploaded a work by U.S. Federal Government from [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/204972604 L To R, Standing: Lt. Colonel John Porter, Ground Maintenance Officer On B-29 'Enola Gay' Which Atom Bombed Hiroshima, Japan; Major (Then Capt.) Theodore J. (Dutch) Van Kirk, Navigator; Major Thomas W. Ferebee, Bombardier; Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, 509Th (U.S. Air Force Number 59475AC)], U.S. National Archives and Records Administration with UploadWizard
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