
Today in History - Aug. 6: Nebraska-built plane drops nuclear bomb on Japan
BELLEVUE, Neb. (WOWT) - On this day in 1945, the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the bomb, was built at Fort Crook, the predecessor to today’s Offutt AFB. Enola Gay ( …