Interview, ca. 1994.

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Interview, ca. 1994.

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Interview of Thompson, compiled by Shirley Howard, which discusses his service in North Africa and Italy. Also includes his involvement with the modifications of the "Enola Gay" at Tinker Field Air Force Base, Oklahoma in preparation to drop the Atomic Bomb. Mentions his assignment to Guam and Tinian when he saw the Enola Gay return from bombing Hiroshima. Interviews involves Mary Thompson, his wife, who also worked at Tinker Field.

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Harold B. Lee Library

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Saints at War.

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Enola Gay (Bomber)

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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 wea...

Thompson, Vernon R., 1923-

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Served inWorld War II, US Army Air Forces in the 319th Air Depot Squadron, 53th Air Depot Group and the 94th Depot Repair, 56th Air Depot Group as a repairman, tester, and shop foreman. He achieved the rank of Technical Sergeant. From the description of Interview, ca. 1994. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 51605141 ...