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My Trip to Iran The Story Behind the Story By David Mould Updated December 27th 2021 Enshrined inside the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum at the Dulles Airport annex in Virginia the Enola Gay will forever be known as the plane that dropped the bomb. On August 6th 1945 she was Americas Flying Superfortress authorized by President Truman to conduct a mission debated to this day. Heres the backdrop World War 2 was coming to an end. Germany had surrendered but not Japan.