Enola Gay and Other Aircraft Crew

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Any other names of the escort planes from Tinian Island?

[john szalay]

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Any other names of the escort planes from Tinian Island?

for security, none of the planes had names prior to the atomic missions.
only Enola Gay had a name, and that was added just before the mission.

Weather planes (take off 1 hour prior to strike aircraft)
298 83 Full House
303 71 Jabit III
301 85 Straight Flush
302 72 Top Secret

strike planes
292 82 Enola Gay
353 89 The Great Artiste Instrument plane
291 91 Necessary Evil Camera plane
304 88 Up an Atom Camera Plane

354 90 Big Stink Stand By aircraft at Iwo Jima

post strike camera planes ( F-13 )
870 not named
829 What Happened ?

[a425couple]

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Any other names of the escort planes from Tinian Island?

Is this what you are requesting? from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#The_bombing

"the 393d Bombardment Squadron B-29 Enola Gay, piloted by Tibbets,
took off from North Field, Tinian, about six hours' flight time from Japan.
The Enola Gay (named after Tibbets' mother) was accompanied by two
other B-29s. The Great Artiste, commanded by Major Charles Sweeney,
carried instrumentation, and a then-nameless aircraft later called
Necessary Evil, commanded by Captain George Marquardt, served as the
photography aircraft.[117]

Special Mission 13, Primary target Hiroshima, August 6, 1945[117][118]
Aircraft Pilot Call Sign Mission role

Straight Flush Major Claude R. Eatherly Dimples 85 Weather reconnaissance
(Hiroshima)
Jabit III Major John A. Wilson Dimples 71 Weather reconnaissance (Kokura)
Full House Major Ralph R. Taylor Dimples 83 Weather reconnaissance
(Nagasaki)
Enola Gay Colonel Paul W. Tibbets Dimples 82 Weapon delivery
The Great Artiste Major Charles W. Sweeney Dimples 89 Blast measurement
instrumentation
Necessary Evil Captain. George W. Marquardt Dimples 91 Strike observation
and photography
Top Secret Captain Charles F. McKnight Dimples 72 Strike spare-did not
complete mission"