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:
- TOURG THE SMHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MM’S ENOLA GAY EXHIB
- EXHIBG THE ENOLA GAY
- CONTROVERSY OVER THE ENOLA GAY EXHIBN
- ENOLA GAY
- WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
- HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON
- THE ENOLA GAY
- THE ENOLA GAY'S HISTORY LIV ON
TOURG THE SMHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MM’S ENOLA GAY EXHIB
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. * museo enola gay *
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.
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. 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.
EXHIBG THE ENOLA GAY
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Boeg B-29 Superfortrs "Enola Gay". Frequently Asked Qutns Regardg Exhibn of B-29 Superfortrs Enola Gay.
CONTROVERSY OVER THE ENOLA GAY EXHIBN
At the 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb, ntroversy surround the ntext which the Enola Gay was to be displayed. * museo enola gay *
The Enola Gay: The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima. 18) unveiled the newly reassembled Enola Gay, the Boeg B-29 Superfortrs ed to drop the first atomic bomb bat.
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. * museo enola gay *
Rtoratn work on the Enola Gay began 1984 and volved a total of some 300, 000 staff airplane's forward and aft felage sectns, wgs, landg gear, eng, propellers and vertil stabilizer were brought together for the first time sce 1960 an arduo operatn this sprg and summer the Udvar-Hazy (pronounced OOD-var HAH-zee) Center's aviatn hangar. The airplane's ponents had been transported to the center earlier this year over a perd of weeks 12 tckloads om the mm's storage and prervatn facily Suland, a wgspan of 141 feet and a gross weight of 137, 500 pounds, the Enola Gay is too large and too heavy to be hoed tact the mm's flagship buildg on the Natnal Mall Washgton.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
Enola Gay, the B-29 heavy bomber that was ed by the Uned Stat on Augt 6, 1945, to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first time the explosive vice had been ed on an enemy target, and stroyed most of the cy. The aircraft was named after the mother of pilot Pl Warfield Tibbets, Jr. * museo enola gay *
In prentg the reassembled Enola Gay, mm director Gen. Even Boeg logo ps om the perd were tracked down for the center of the pilot and -pilot's ntrol wheels for a plete rtoratn of the Enola Gay was built at the Glen L.
B-29s also reprented the first succsful large-sle e of prsurized crew June 1945, the Enola Gay participated several flight trag and live bombg practice missns the Marianas.
HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON
On Augt 6, 1945, the crew of a modified Boeg B-29 Superfortrs named Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ed warfare, lled “Ltle Boy,” on the cy of Hiroshima, Japan. * museo enola gay *
6, 1945, the Enola Gay was ed to drop, om an altu of 31, 600 feet, the "Ltle Boy" atomic weapon, stroyg Hiroshima, Japan, at 8:16 a. Days before the missn, Tibbets named the airplane "Enola Gay" honor of his mother.
The war, the Enola Gay unrwent some modifitn for tts the Pacific to terme the effects of atomic weapons on naval ships but never took part the program. Begng December 1953, the Enola Gay was stored outdoors at Andrews Air Force Base Maryland. In Augt 1960, the airplane was disassembled and s var ponents were taken to the Smhsonian's nearby storage facily June 1995, after much public bate over a proposed large, terpretive exhibn focg on the Enola Gay and the atomic bomb, the Smhsonian's Natnal Air and Space Mm opened a smaller exhib that clud display of the airplane's forward felage and landg gear, vertil stabilizer, two eng and an aileron.
The exhibn attracted nearly four ln visors before closg May the Udvar-Hazy Center, the Enola Gay will be displayed among a group of World War II aircraft that clu a Brish Hawker Hurrine, a German Focke-Wulf FW 190A-8 and a Japane Aichi Seiran as well as well-known Amerin warplan like the Lockheed P-38J Lightng and the Republic P-47D Thunrbolt.
THE ENOLA GAY
After the Enola Gay beme the first plane to drop an atomic bomb — on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945 — the B-29 bomber stayed airborne. * museo enola gay *
Enola Gay: Today, Enola Gay -- the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima -- is parked at the Smhsonian Air and Space Mm Chantilly, Virgia. A somber artifact: Jeremy Kney, curator at the Smhsonian Air and Space Mm, stands ont of Enola Gay. The ckp: Visors to the Smhsonian Air and Space Mm Chantilly, Virgia, n look down to the ckp of Enola Gay.
Terntental bomber: Enola Gay was signed to be an terntental bomber, one that uld fly om the ntental US to Europe se Bra fell to Nazi Germany. Many veterans had advoted for the display of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortrs ed to drop the bombs, as a celebratn of Amerin triumph over Japan, but there were already ncerns that the Smhsonian was creatg a polilly rrect, revisnist terpretatn of the events.
Harw rigned on May 2, 1995, jt days before he was schled to ttify Senate June 28, 1995, an exhibn, simply tled "Enola Gay, " opened at the Natnal Air and Space Mm.
THE ENOLA GAY'S HISTORY LIV ON
Bound for sty and Hiroshima, the Enola Gay rried 12 men, hope, and the power for epic stctn. The silver airplane, named for the pilot’s mother, barely got off the ground that morng wh the world’s first atomic bomb. * museo enola gay *
Unlike the ncelled exhibn, "Enola Gay" ntaed no terpretatn, no graphic imag, and no melted objects. Only the felage was on display, acpanied by basic facts and rmatn about the plane's entire Enola Gay bomber is currently on display the "World War II Aviatn" exhibn at the Natnal Air and Space Mm's Steven F.
Related RourcCollectns related to the Enola Gay, Smhsonian Instutn ArchivThe Enola Gay: A Natn's, and a Mm's, Dilemma, Edorial by Mart Harw, The Washgton Post, Augt 7, 1994Special Report: The Smhsonian and the Enola Gay, Air Force Associatn, March 15, 1994Smhsonian Cancels Exhib on Atomic Bomb, The Baltimore Sun, January 31, 1995Recent Acquisn - Rerds om Mart Harw, Director, NASM, 1986-1995, The Bigger Picture, Smhsonian Instutn Archiv. 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.
I've always wanted to go back to the Natnal Air & Space Mm for photos of the Enola Gay. They don't allow tripods, but I found an alternative platform. * museo enola gay *
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.