To: World War II / War in the Pacific 1941-45: dropping of the first atom bomb on the Japanese town of Hiroshima; 6. 8.1945 (the US B-29 long-range bomber "Enola Gay" drops at 8.15 local time an atomic bomb; it explodes at a height of 570m and costs the lives of 300 000 people). The crew of the bomber "Enola Gay": V. l.; gunner major Thomas W. Ferebee; pilot Paul W.Tibbets; navigator Theodore J.Van Kirk and captain Robert Lewis.Photo; 1945.