I took a book out of the library last year and I came across a photo that depicted a couple of ground crew repainting the tail of a B-29. I thought that depicting the Enola Gay in this way would be something different for that subject matter. It shows the Enola Gay being modified for it's top secret mission to drop the atomic bomb. On August 1, 1945, it was given the circle R tail markings of the 6th Bomb Group as a security measure to avoid misidentification with actual 6th BG aircraft and to confuse the enemy. More info on the Enola Gay in the link below.
http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/EnolaGay/EnolaGay.html
Here are some in-progress shots of the painting as it developed. I ended up re-doing the entire background as the original background was a bit busy and took away from the composition of the piece.
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