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Contents:
- WENDOVER SECRET: FAR FROM PRYING EYES, TINY TOWN WAS ‘PERFECT’ SPOT FOR HAND-PICKED CREW TO PREPARE FOR ENOLA GAY MISSION.
- TWO: WENDOVER AIRFIELD – HOME OF THE ENOLA GAY
- THEODORE “DUTCH” VAN KIRK, NAVIGATOR ON THE ENOLA GAY
- WENDOVER ENOLA GAY HANGAR BEG RTORED
- WENDOVER 'ENOLA GAY' HANGAR BEG RTORED
- ENOLA GAY CAFE OPENG HOURS
WENDOVER SECRET: FAR FROM PRYING EYES, TINY TOWN WAS ‘PERFECT’ SPOT FOR HAND-PICKED CREW TO PREPARE FOR ENOLA GAY MISSION.
The Historic Wendover Airfield Mm ris wh the recently rtored John T. Brkman Service Club, and near the Enola Gay hanger. There are several exhibs and memorabilia displays the Historic Wendover Airfield Mm, wh new ems beg add ntually. * enola gay museum wendover *
This remote sert landspe was a specialized trag base for B-17 and B-24 bomber crews, cludg the 509th Compose Group and B-29 Enola Gay un who rried the atomic bombs dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
See some of the most remarkable ary history Nevada at the Historic Wendover Air Field mm, where you n tour masterfully rtored World War II-era buildgs like the Enola Gay B-29 hangar, atomic bomb loadg ps, and see uniforms, medals, propellers and more.
See the B-29 Enola Gay Aircraft Hangar on a Wendover Airfield Tour. Suated ls than a e om Wendover, Utah along the Nevada borr, the origal Wendover Air Force Base was where the Enola Gay crew traed for their missn to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the send World War.
TWO: WENDOVER AIRFIELD – HOME OF THE ENOLA GAY
A monument erected 1990 stands ont of the visors center, intifyg this cy as the se of the 509th Compose Group, the ``first atomic bombardment.'' Those stg their gaze upon this handsome monolh are likely attracted by the bronze sculpture that adorns s apex - a miature repli of the Enola Gay, the B-29 superfortrs that dropped the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. * enola gay museum wendover *
" Those stg their gaze upon this handsome monolh are likely attracted by the bronze sculpture that adorns s apex - a miature repli of the Enola Gay, the B-29 superfortrs that dropped the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima on Aug. Except for Albury, Van Pelt and Beahan, who flew the B-29 "Bocks Car, " which livered the send atomic payday over Nagasaki, the were the men who would bee the crew to fly the Enola Gay. " The followg day, as fal preparatns for the missn were ma, Tibbets found that a ground crew member had pated the name Enola Gay on his plane, honor of his mother.
THEODORE “DUTCH” VAN KIRK, NAVIGATOR ON THE ENOLA GAY
Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, navigator on the Enola Gay, scrib arrivg at Wendover Field, Utah and figurg out that he would be takg part a missn to drop an atomic bomb. * enola gay museum wendover *
" The Enola Gay, load wh a pleted Ltle Boy, lifted off at 2:45 a. B-29 ENOLA GAY Wgspan: 141 feet Weight: 74, 500 pounds (unload) Eng: Four 2, 200-hp eng (largt aviatn) Propellers: 16. After unrgog extensive trag at Wendover Air Field wh prototype bombs, at 8:15 am on Augt 6, the Enola Gay dropped the Ltle Boy uranium bomb over Hiroshima, Japan.
Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, navigator on the Enola Gay, scrib arrivg at Wendover Field, Utah and figurg out that he would be takg part a missn to drop an atomic bomb. He's talkg about the Enola Gay Enola Gay is the B-29 Superfortrs bomber that rried the first atomic bomb as a weapon of war, which was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. Three days later the Enola Gay rried a crew that provid weather rennaissance when another B-29, named Bocksr, dropped a send atomic bomb, this time on crews that traed for that first missn were based Wendover.
WENDOVER ENOLA GAY HANGAR BEG RTORED
A few new buildgs have gone up Wendover, but 's one old buildg that's gettg a lot of attentn. The hangar that hoed the Enola Gay has been gettg a big facelift. * enola gay museum wendover *
Callux says he rearched the Enola Gay once he found out he would be workg on the hangar.
WENDOVER 'ENOLA GAY' HANGAR BEG RTORED
He's talkg about the Enola Gay Enola Gay is the airplane that dropped the atomic bomb on Japan durg World War II, sentially wng the war for crews that traed for that missn were based Wendover. The Enola Gay?
ENOLA GAY CAFE OPENG HOURS
Enola Gay is a Boeg B-29 Superfortrs bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of pilot Pl Tibbets.