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Enola Gay (other)
The ''Enola Gay'' is a USAAF B-29 Superfortress, that dropped Little Boy, the first atomic bomb used in warfare, on Hiroshima in Japan during WWII Enola Gay may also refer to: People * Enola Gay Tibbets, namesake of the WWII nuclear bomber * Enola Gay Gilmore, wife of U.S. basketball player Artis Gilmore Fictional characters * Enola Gay (fictional character), a character from the 1989 Martin Amis novel London Fields (novel), ''London Fields'' Places * Enola Gay Hangar, an aircraft hangar at Wendover Air Force Base, Utah, USA Music Songs * Enola Gay (song), "Enola Gay" (song), a 1980 anti-war song by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark * "Enola Gay" (2008 song), an anti-war song by Sugizo * "Enola Gay" a song about the United States' WWII atomic bomb attacks on Japan by folksinger Utah Phillips Other uses * ''Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb'' (film), a 1980 telemovie about the dropping of the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima * ''Enola Gay'' (book), a book by Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enola Gay
The ''Enola Gay'' () is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets. On 6 August 1945, piloted by Tibbets and Robert A. Lewis during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in warfare. The bomb, code-named "Little Boy", was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and caused the destruction of about three quarters of the city. ''Enola Gay'' participated in the second nuclear attack as the weather reconnaissance aircraft for the primary target of Kokura. Clouds and drifting smoke resulted in a secondary target, Nagasaki, being bombed instead. After the war, the ''Enola Gay'' returned to the United States, where it was operated from Roswell Army Air Field, New Mexico. In May 1946, it was flown to Kwajalein for the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests in the Pacific, but was not chosen to make the test drop at Bikini Atoll. Later that year, it was transferred to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yo-Yo Girl Cop
''Yo-Yo Girl Cop'', known in Japan as is a 2006 Japanese live-action feature film, the third to be based on the manga ''Sukeban Deka'', directed by Kenta Fukasaku. The film stars Aya Matsuura in the lead role of Saki Asamiya and Rika Ishikawa as her rival, Reika Akiyama. Yuki Saito, who played the role of Saki in the first live-action television series, appears here as her original character, who is revealed to be Saki's mother. The movie was released on September 30, 2006 in Japan and in the United States on July 17, 2007 by Magnolia Pictures as ''Yo-Yo Girl Cop''. Plot Twenty years after the events of the original series, a Japanese girl by the name of "K" is arrested in New York for beating 11 policemen. Although held in a straight jacket, she escapes by dislocating her own shoulder and tries to exit the facility, but a moment of kindness to comfort a little girl gets her captured again. K is then informed by Japanese inspector Kazutoshi Kira that her mother will be deporte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxcar (other)
A boxcar is an enclosed railroad car for carrying general freight. Boxcar(s) may also refer to: Music * Boxcar (band), an Australian synth pop/techno band * Box Car Racer, a former American punk band * The Boxcars, an American Bluegrass band * ''Boxcar'', a 7" vinyl release by Plaid Retina * "Boxcar", a song by Jawbreaker from ''24 Hour Revenge Therapy'' * "Boxcar", a song by Neil Young from ''Chrome Dreams II'' Other uses * Boxcar (game), alternative name of the dice game Dice 10000 * Boxcars (slang), in dice games, a pair of sixes * Boxcar averager, an electronic test device * Boxcar Books, a bookstore in Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. * Boxcar Comics, a webcomic collective * The Boxcar Children, a series of children's books * Boxcar function, a mathematical function * Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) was an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fat Man (other)
Fat Man is the codename for the atomic bomb that was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki by the United States on August 9, 1945. Fat Man or Fatman may also refer to: People * Fats Domino, or "the Fat Man", rock and roll singer * George Sanger (musician), or "the Fat Man", American video game music composer * Kevin Smith, film director who uses "Fatman" as an online persona and vlog brand * Tom Vernon, or "Fat Man", British broadcaster and travelogue writer * Dave "Fat Man" Williams, American jazz, blues, and rhythm & blues pianist, bandleader, singer, and songwriter Arts and entertainment Characters * Fatman, in the video game ''The Adventures of Fatman'' * Fatman, the Batman imitator character * "The fat man" or Kasper Gutman, played by Sydney Greenstreet in the 1941 film '' The Maltese Falcon'' * Fatman or Jason McCabe, in the television series ''Jake and the Fatman'', played by William Conrad * Fatman the Human Flying Saucer, a comic book superhero created in the 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Boy (other)
Little Boy was the codename of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Little Boy may also refer to: * '' Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture'', a 2005 book about Japanese postwar culture * ''Little Boy'' (film), a 2015 American film * ''Little Boy'' (album), an album by Janno Gibbs * "Little Boy" (Captain Jack song) * "Little Boy" (The Crystals song) * "Little Boy", a song by KSI (2017) * "Little Boy", a song by Miriam Makeba from ''The World of Miriam Makeba'' * "Little Boy", a song by Vance Joy from ''Nation of Two'' * " Little Boys", a 2007 episode of the television series ''How I Met Your Mother'' See also * Little Boy Blue (other) " Little Boy Blue" is a nursery rhyme. Little Boy Blue may also refer to: * Little Boy Blue (1912 film), a silent one-reel film * ''Little Boy Blue'' (1997 film), a drama starring Ryan Phillippe, Nastassja Kinski, and John Savage * ''Little Boy B ... * Little Boy Lost (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan Project (other)
The Manhattan Project was the code name given to the American effort to develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II, with assistance from the United Kingdom and Canada. Manhattan Project can also refer to: Film and television * ''The Manhattan Project'' (film), a 1986 drama * "The Manhattan Project" (''Ugly Betty''), an episode of ''Ugly Betty'' *''The Manhattan Project'', a 2019 comedy film, released in 2022 Music * ''The Manhattan Project'' (album), a 1990 album by a short lived jazz/fusion supergroup of the same name * "Manhattan Project" (song), a 1985 song by Rush * ''Manhattan Project'' (album), a 1978 album by Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece Theater *The Manhattan Project, a theatrical company created in 1968 by André Gregory Video games *'' Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project'' (2002), a video game *'' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project'' (1991), a video game See also * ''Manhattan'' (TV series), a 2014 WGN original series loosely bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bockscar
''Bockscar'', sometimes called Bock's Car, is the name of the United States Army Air Forces B-29 bomber that dropped a Fat Man nuclear weapon over the Japanese city of Nagasaki during World War II in the secondand most recent nuclear attack in history. One of 15 Silverplate B-29s used by the 509th, ''Bockscar'' was built at the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Plant at Bellevue, Nebraska, at what is now Offutt Air Force Base, and delivered to the United States Army Air Forces on 19 March 1945. It was assigned to the 393rd Bombardment Squadron, 509th Composite Group to Wendover Army Air Field, Utah in April and was named after captain Frederick C. Bock. ''Bockscar'' was used in 13 training and practice missions from Tinian, and three combat missions in which it dropped pumpkin bombs on industrial targets in Japan. On 9 August 1945, ''Bockscar'', piloted by the 393d Bombardment Squadron's commander, Major Charles W. Sweeney, dropped the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb with a blast yield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highlights And Lowlives
''Highlights and Lowlives'' is the eighth studio album by American rock band Blue Cheer, released in 1990 and produced by Jack Endino. The bonus track Blues Cadillac is on some versions/releases and can be hidden on some of the CDs. Track listing #"Urban Soldiers" (Dickie Peterson) – 4:09 #"Hunter of Love" (Duck MacDonald, Peterson) – 5:32 #"Girl from London" (MacDonald, Peterson) – 5:40 #"Blue Steel Dues" (MacDonald, Peterson) – 6:19 #"Big Trouble in Paradise" (Peterson, Rainer) – 4:11 #"Flight of the Enola Gay" (MacDonald, Peterson) – 3:49 #"Hoochie Coochie Man" ( Willie Dixon) – 5:56 #"Down and Dirty" (MacDonald, Peterson) – 4:35 ;Bonus track #"Blues Cadillac" (Peterson) – 3:49 Personnel ;Blue Cheer *Dickie Peterson – bass guitar, lead vocals *Duck MacDonald – lead guitar, backing vocals *Paul Whaley – drums ;Production *Jack Endino Jack Endino (born Michael M. Giacondino; 1964) is an American producer and musician based in Seattle, Washington. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appalachian Stakes
The Appalachian Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on the turf held annually in early April at Keeneland Race Course, Lexington, Kentucky during the spring meeting. The event currently offers a purse of $400,000. History The Appalachian Stakes was named for the Appalachian Mountains which extend into Eastern Kentucky. The event was inaugurated on 7 April 1989 and was won by the Christiana Stables owned To the Lighthouse, in a time of 1:46 over the miles distance. The event was run at this distance until 1995. The event was upgraded to Grade III event in 2008 and in 2018 to Grade II. Records ;Speed record * 1:33.97 – Enola Gay (2020) ;Margins * 6 lengths – White Corners (1992) ;Most wins by an owner * 2 – Brereton C. Jones (1993, 2010) * 2 – Team Valor (2002, 2007) ;Most wins by a jockey * 4 – Pat Day (1991, 1993, 2000, 2002) ;Most wins by a trainer * 3 – Chad C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reader's Digest Condensed Books
''Reader's Digest Condensed Books'' was a series of hardcover anthology collections, published by the American general interest monthly family magazine ''Reader's Digest'' and distributed by direct mail. Most volumes contained five (although a considerable minority consisted of three, four, or six) current best-selling novels and nonfiction books which were abridged (or "condensed") specifically for ''Reader's Digest''. The series was published from 1950 until 1997, when it was renamed '' Reader's Digest Select Editions''. The series was popular; a 1987 ''New York Times'' article estimated annual sales of 10 million copies. Despite this popularity, old copies are notoriously difficult to sell. Despite the series' ubiquity, scholarly attention has been sparse. For much of their publication schedule, the volumes were issued four times each year. Each year the company produced a Volume 1 (winter), Volume 2 (spring), Volume 3 (summer), and Volume 4 (autumn). In later years they a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enola Gay Tibbets
Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (23 February 1915 – 1 November 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the aircraft captain who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the ''Enola Gay'' (named after his mother) when it dropped a Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Tibbets enlisted in the United States Army in 1937 and qualified as a pilot in 1938. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he flew anti-submarine patrols over the Atlantic. In February 1942, he became the commanding officer of the 340th Bombardment Squadron of the 97th Bombardment Group, which was equipped with the Boeing B-17. In July 1942, the 97th became the first heavy bombardment group to be deployed as part of the Eighth Air Force, and Tibbets became deputy group commander. He flew the lead plane in the first American daylight heavy bomber mission against Occupied Europe on 17 August 1942, and the first Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Men, The Mission, The Atomic Bomb
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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