B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay U.S. Coast Guard and by early 1943 the

and by early 1943 the first Spitfires were arriving in the Pacific Theater

equipping reserve units through late 1986

Piper J-3 Cub airplane model

on October 13

Navy and Marines asked for volunteers

B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay U.S. Coast Guard and by early 1943 theEnola Gay B 29 airplane model. Boeing's B 29 Superfortress was the most sophisticated, propeller driven, bomber to fly during World War II, and the first bomber to house its crew in pressurized compartments. Boeing installed very advanced armament, propulsion, and avionics systems into the Superfortress. During the war in the Pacific Theater, the B 29 delivered the first nuclear weapons used in combat. On August 6, 1945, Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr.,