As far as I can determine, none of these four were on the plane during that practice drop.įirstClassSkeptic Posts: 671 Joined: 21:19 The crew that dropped the 'dummy' Little Boy was the regular crew under the command of Lewis. They replaced the regular crew members on the plane, which Tibbets called Enola Gay, to supposedly drop LIttle Boy on HIroshima, if they actually made it to Hiroshima.

The other crew members, except for the tail gunner, don't seem to be as public.Īlso, these weren't the regular crew members.

These four crewmen, Tibbets, Pearson, Zirk and Ferebee, often made public appearances. There is a nightmarish, creepy quality to it. Notice the deadpan, very scripted speach and actions of the people. Also, he seems very tense until he says the word 'fairyland', and then he seems to relax a bit. He calls the atomic bomb a 'fairyland' project. Listen carefully to the general who speaks first.