![-PHOTO TAKEN 18AUG03-
Enola Gay, the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, is shown [to the media] after its restoration, at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum annex in suburban Virginia, in this August 18, 2003 file photo. Japan will mark the 59th anniversary of the bombing at 8:15 a.m. local time on August 6, 1945. - RTXMTMJ ENOLA GAY bomber in Virginia](http://i.cbc.ca/1.2722151.1406688086!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/enola-gay-bomber-in-virginia.jpg)
On August 6, 1945 the U.S. bomber Enola Gay dropped the first ever Atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Today, the re-assembled Boeing B-29 Superfortress remains a powerful symbol of the bombing.
![-PHOTO TAKEN 18AUG03-
Enola Gay, the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, is shown [to the media] after its restoration, at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum annex in suburban Virginia, in this August 18, 2003 file photo. Japan will mark the 59th anniversary of the bombing at 8:15 a.m. local time on August 6, 1945. - RTXMTMJ ENOLA GAY bomber in Virginia](http://i.cbc.ca/1.2722151.1406688086!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/enola-gay-bomber-in-virginia.jpg)
On August 6, 1945 the U.S. bomber Enola Gay dropped the first ever Atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Today, the re-assembled Boeing B-29 Superfortress remains a powerful symbol of the bombing.