If ever there was a beautiful and euphemistic matronymic for a terrible act, it would surely be Enola Gay.
The B-29 super-fortress bomber designated to drop the atomic bomb 79 years ago was named after the pilot’s mother. The bomb was called her Little Boy. It was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, at 8.15am on August 6 1945. ..
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