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:
- INSI THE ENOLA GAY
- INSI THE ENOLA GAY
- TOURG THE SMHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MM’S ENOLA GAY EXHIB
- WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
- "ENOLA GAY," CAB INTERR
INSI 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 interior *
"Of all the World War II aircraft the llectn of the Natnal Air and Space Mm, the most signifint is the Enola Gay.
See the gallery below for more imag of the Enola Gay, which are om the book unls otherwise noted.
INSI THE ENOLA GAY
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Army Air Forc accepted the Enola Gay on June 14, 1945, as World War II was g to an end. The staff at Garber began rtorg the Enola Gay 1984. In this 1945 image taken on the island of Tian, officers salute each other ont of the Enola Gay as photographers and men look on.
Enola Gay crewmembers (om left) Theodore J. Tibbets (pilot and missn manr) pose the ckp of the Enola Gay at the Natnal Air and Space Mm’s Steven F.
TOURG THE SMHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MM’S ENOLA GAY EXHIB
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. * enola gay interior *
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.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
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.
"ENOLA GAY," CAB INTERR
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.
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.