Hiroshima A-Blast Flier Dies Person/People: Shumard, Robert B. File Type: Clippings Description: Obituary for Robert Shumard, assistant flight engineer for the Enola Gay, which dropped the world's first atomic bomb, at Hiroshima, Japan. Mr. Shumard died April 24, 1967 in the Dearborn Veterans Hospital (Allen Park Veterans Hospital). Date: 1968-04-25 Organization: United States. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Administration Medical Center (Allen Park, Michigan) Allen Park Veterans Administration Hospital Enola Gay Subject: Veterans' hospitals - Michigan - Allen Park U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Michigan - Wayne County - Allen Park Hospitals Rights: Newspaper article Click Here to Access Archive File