Leslie Groves, had warned the 'Enola Gay's' commander, Col. Bathed in floodlights, the B-29 'Enola Gay' awaits take-off on an historic mission: dropping the first atomic bomb on Japan. Source: The entire first draft of the script can be found in Judgement at the Smithsonian (New York: Marlowe & Company, 1995)Īugust 6, 1945, 2:00 a.m., Tinian Island, the Central Pacific. UNIT 4: 'ENOLA GAY': THE B-29 AND THE ATOMIC MISSIONS Enola Gay Exhibit, First Draft-Final Draft
