A very interesting piece of information Arthur. We must never forget the 
horrors of war. I am not so sure about the line "names it for his mother".Bw 
Sally J

>From: Arthur Seeley <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: 6th August 1945 ( Terri)
>Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 18:42:32 +0100
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>MessageGeneral Paul Tibbet flew the plane that dropped the first bomb,  He 
>remembers how his fillings tingled due to the massive amount of radio 
>activity released just as some people get the BBC Home service, I suppose. 
>He named the plane the Enola Gay after his mother , the night before it 
>flew its mission. Arthur----- Original Message -----
>   From: alderoak
>   To: [log in to unmask]
>   Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 5:05 PM
>   Subject: Re: 6th August 1945
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>   'Tibbets fillings tingled'
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>   gotta be the best line
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>   Who was Tibbet?
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>   Terri )O(
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>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: The Pennine Poetry Works [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
>Behalf Of Arthur Seeley
>     Sent: 06 August 2005 14:47
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>     Subject: 6th August 1945
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>     August 6Th 1945
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>     North out of Tinian,
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>     the 'Enola Gay",
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>     named it for his mother,
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>     shuddered up through the thermals.
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>     Eastward was still dark,
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>     too soon for a rising sun.
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>     9-15 am , the new age dawned.
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>     Eight mile away,
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>     Tibbets fillings tingled
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>     as the new radiance flared.