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:
- EXHIBG THE ENOLA GAY
- CONTROVERSY OVER THE ENOLA GAY EXHIBN
- TOURG THE SMHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MM’S ENOLA GAY EXHIB
- THE SMHSONIAN’S DECISN TO EXHIB THE ‘ENOLA GAY’
EXHIBG THE ENOLA GAY
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 exhibit *
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.
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. * enola gay exhibit *
It ntaed several major ponents of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber ed the atomic missn that stroyed Hiroshima, Japan.
TOURG THE SMHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MM’S ENOLA GAY EXHIB
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 exhibit *
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. 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. 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.
THE SMHSONIAN’S DECISN TO EXHIB THE ‘ENOLA GAY’
* enola gay exhibit *
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. 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.