The funnel-shaped cloud deals death and destruction to all that come within its whirling, deadly grasp. There are clouds too real, not figurative, that we will now contemplate. How many clouds have darkened the horizon of other valuable lives. We have been discussing the 'clouds of sorrow' that have obscured a bright and beautiful life, Of her life of loneliness,' mused Enola, 'for truly I am alone.' Received a glimpse of the future life of their child in a camera, speaking to them 'In calling me by the strange name of 'Enola,' I wonder if my dear departed parents Oh! eternal woes! Deliver us from the 'Prince of Darkness.'ĭeliver us from his fiery embraces. The Prince of the Air certainly causes them , Its commanding pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, named the aircraft after his mother, Enola Gay Tibbets (1893–1983), who was named after the title character of Ridenbaugh's book. It is notable for being the inspiration, indirectly, for the naming of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber airplane which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. I didnt realise Mrs Tibbets herself was named after a literary characterĮnola or, Her fatal mistake is an 1886 book written by Mary Young Ridenbaugh.
