ENOLA GAY SAVED LIVES, PERIOD - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
• ENOLA GAY
• DID THE PILOTS OF THE ENOLA GAY THE WW2 BOMBER M SUICI?
• THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB
• IN 1955 AN AMERIN TV SHOW DID THE UNTHKABLE: IT AMBHED A HIROSHIMA SURVIVOR WH AN ENOLA GAY PILOT
• ENOLA GAY SAVED LIVES, PERIOD
• HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON
• PILOT OF ENOLA GAY HAD NO REGRETS FOR HIROSHIMA
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER 1945
• CONTROVERSY OVER THE ENOLA GAY EXHIBN

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB

After the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug.

The Enola Gay is a B-29 Superfortrs, which pilot Pl Tibbets named after his mother, and which had been stripped of everythg but the necsi, so as to be thoands of pounds lighter than an ordary plane of that make. While did not drop the bomb on Nagasaki, the Enola Gay did take flight to get data on the weather the lead-up to the send strike on Japan. In the aftermath of World War II, the Army Air Forc flew the Enola Gay durg an atomic tt program the Pacific; was then livered to be stored an airfield Arizona before beg flown to Illois and transferred to the Smhsonian July 1949.

But even unr the ctody of the mm, the Enola Gay remaed at an air force base Texas. The Commtee for the Rtoratn and Display of the Enola Gay now has 9, 000 signatur of prott. Adams, who is leavg his job after 10 relatively ntroversy-ee years, sent back a three-page answer stiffly turng down her requt for the Enola Gay.

ENOLA GAY

Demonstrators prott at the Enola Gay exhib at the the Smhsonian Natnal Air and Space Mm's Steven F. And as long as is on display, the qutns rais are likely to ntue — after all, they have been wh the Enola Gay sce first beme a hoehold name. Enola Gay, the B-29bomber that was ed by the Uned Stat on Augt 6, 1945, to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, the first time the explosive vice had been ed on an enemy target.

” The Enola Gay—Tibbets had a matenance man pat that name on the aircraft’s nose shortly before takeoff—was acpanied by var other plan. Tibbets flew the Enola Gay back to Tian, where he was award the Distguished Service Cross. Three days later the Enola Gay nducted weather rennaissance the lead-up to the bombg of Nagasaki, Japan.

DID THE PILOTS OF THE ENOLA GAY THE WW2 BOMBER M SUICI?

Japan officially surrenred on September 2, Enola Gay remaed service for several years before beg given to the Smhsonian Instutn on July 3, 1949. In 2003 the fully rtored Enola Gay was put on display at the NASM’s Steven F.

Seventy-five years ago, the Uned Stat dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, brgg an end to a long and vastatg World War II and makg the Enola Gay, the B-29 that livered , one of the most famo history. The Enola Gay, known only as No.

THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB

He handpicked the plane the night before the missn, to the surprise of s crew, and had his mother’s name -- Enola Gay -- pated on s si. 6, 1945, the Enola Gay took off for Hiroshima, an important Japane ary center. It was a moment for which none of the Enola Gay’s crew -- away by then, but still rocked by the blast -- was que prepared.

IN 1955 AN AMERIN TV SHOW DID THE UNTHKABLE: IT AMBHED A HIROSHIMA SURVIVOR WH AN ENOLA GAY PILOT

What some don’t know is that the Enola Gay flew that missn, too. Some fly ahead to check the weather to see what ’s like at the actual target, and Enola Gay was part of that for Nagasaki," Kney said. After the bombgs and the war’s quick end, the Enola Gay remaed wh the Army Air Forc, takg part the Biki Atoll atomic tts before beg shipped to the Smhsonian 1960.

ENOLA GAY SAVED LIVES, PERIOD

The origal patg of the words “Enola Gay” n still be seen on s si. While no members of the crew that flew the Enola Gay rema to tell s story, the aircraft liv on for visors.

"Enola Gay is a regnized airplane of World War II, and people want to see ," Kney said. "They want to see the spachip Disvery, they want to see the [SR-71] Blackbird, and they want to see the Enola Gay.".

The Enola Gay ss on display today, but took a long road to get there.

HIROSHIMA’S ENOLA GAY RRIED 12 MEN, HOPE AND THE WORLD’S ADLIT WEAPON

The Enola Gay, known for droppg the first atomic bomb, was volved nuclear weapons tts before beg prerved for historil purpos.

PILOT OF ENOLA GAY HAD NO REGRETS FOR HIROSHIMA

Controversy surroundg the exhib foced on the balance between Japane sualti and the bomb's role endg the war, sparkg ongog discsns about how to appropriately display and remember the Enola Gay.

Followg succsful ttg wh the project, Enola Gay, a B-29 Superfortrs bomber, beme famed for droppg the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, Augt 1945. After pletg s Augt 1945 missn, the Enola Gay returned to the Uned Stat and arrived at Roswell Army Air Field, New Mexi, November 1945. The tle was transferred om the ary to the Smhsonian Instutn Augt 1946, and the Enola Gay was removed om the USAF ventory.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER 1945

The Enola Gay's prervatn faced challeng due to a lack of hangar space. Stewart, lobbied for the Enola Gay’s historil rtoratn and display. Boyne, a former B-52 pilot, beme director of the Natnal Air and Space Mm and prrized the rtoratn of the Enola Gay.

The Enola Gay beme the center of ntroversy when the Smhsonian planned to exhib s felage 1995, memoratg the 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombg. The display of the Enola Gay aga sparked further ntroversy, wh some argug for a more nuanced prentatn of s history. How do you thk the Enola Gay should most appropriately be displayed and remembered?

CONTROVERSY OVER THE ENOLA GAY EXHIBN

Addnally, no member of the crew of the Enola Gay received.

On Augt 6, 1945, the B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the cy of Hiroshima.