Karnes and hundreds of other men from the 509th stood along the flight line as Tibbets and the Enola Gay took off at 2:45 a.m. on Aug. 6, a warm, tropical night. Three B - 29 s had gone ahead to check the weather at Hiroshima and two other possible bomb sites.
Karnes & other men from the 509th stood along the flight line as Tibbets & the Enola Gay took off at 2:45 am. on Aug. 6. 3 B-29's had gone ahead to check the weather at other possible bomb sites.