Photos of the Enola Gay airplane, which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima 75 years ago. It's one of the centerpiec of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, the annex of the Smhsonian Air and Space Mm Chantilly, Virgia.
Contents:
- CONTROVERSY OVER THE ENOLA GAY EXHIBN
- EXHIBG THE ENOLA GAY
- THE SMHSONIAN’S DECISN TO EXHIB THE ‘ENOLA GAY’
- TOURG THE SMHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MM’S ENOLA GAY EXHIB
CONTROVERSY OVER THE ENOLA GAY EXHIBN
This exhibn, cidg wh the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, told the story of the role of the Enola Gay securg Japane surrenr. * enola gay exhibition *
Enola Gay. While this exhib is now closed, Mm specialists ntued to rtore the remag ponents of the airplane, and after an addnal ne years the fully assembled Enola Gay went on permanent display at the Natnal Air and Space Mm’s Steven F.
This past exhibn, cidg wh the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, told the story of the role of the Enola Gay securg Japane surrenr.
EXHIBG THE ENOLA GAY
For the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Natnal Air and Space Mm proposed a ntroversial exhibn that displayed the Enola Gay. * enola gay exhibition *
It ntaed several major ponents of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber ed the atomic missn that stroyed Hiroshima, Japan. A vio prentatn about the Enola Gay's missn clud terviews wh the crew before and after the missn cludg missn pilot Col.
THE SMHSONIAN’S DECISN TO EXHIB THE ‘ENOLA GAY’
At the 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb, ntroversy surround the ntext which the Enola Gay was to be displayed. * enola gay exhibition *
Another portn of the exhib tailed the pastakg efforts of Smhsonian aircraft rtoratn specialists who had spent more than a rtorg parts of the Enola Gay for this exhibn. Boeg B-29 Superfortrs "Enola Gay".
Frequently Asked Qutns Regardg Exhibn of B-29 Superfortrs Enola Gay.
The Enola Gay: The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima.
TOURG THE SMHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MM’S ENOLA GAY EXHIB
What harbgers of the future of public history the US rid the mid-1990s fight over the meang of the Enola Gay? * enola gay exhibition *
For the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Natnal Air and Space Mm (NASM) proposed an exhibn that would clu displayg the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortrs that was ed to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. Enola Gay, after the war. Followg World War II, the Enola Gay had been moved around om lotn to lotn.
In 1961, the Enola Gay was fully disassembled and moved to the Pl E. The veterans formed “the Commtee for the Rtoratn and Proud Display of the Enola Gay” to raise funds. Lenthal, who was on the advisory board of the Enola Gay exhib.