Enola Gay: We Vised wh the Plane That Dropped the Atomic Bomb - 19FortyFive

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At the 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb, ntroversy surround the ntext which the Enola Gay was to be displayed.

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TAKE A TOUR OF THE ENOLA GAY, THE U.S. PLANE THAT BOMBED HIROSHIMA

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 plane *

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.

PILOT OF ENOLA GAY HAD NO REGRETS FOR HIROSHIMA

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. * enola gay plane *

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.

EXHIBG THE ENOLA GAY

On Augt 6, 1945 the U.S. bomber Enola Gay dropped the first ever Atomic bomb on the Japane cy of Hiroshima. Today, the re-assembled Boeg B-29 Superfortrs remas a powerful symbol of the bombg. * enola gay plane *

Demonstrators prott at the Enola Gay exhib at the the Smhsonian Natnal Air and Space Mm's Steven F.

ENOLA GAY: WE VISED WH THE PLANE THAT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB

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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. 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.

THE ENOLA GAY'S HISTORY LIV ON

The Enola Gay was disassembled 1960 and the ponents rid at Andrews Air Force Base after beg donated to the Smhsonian. * enola gay plane *

It ntaed several major ponents of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber ed the atomic missn that stroyed Hiroshima, Japan.

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