Insi the Enola Gay: A Visual Tour | Natnal Air and Space Mm

Contents:

• INSI THE ENOLA GAY
• INSI THE ENOLA GAY
• INSI THE ENOLA GAY
• TAKE A TOUR OF THE ENOLA GAY, THE U.S. PLANE THAT BOMBED HIROSHIMA
• ENOLA GAY
• THE ENOLA GAY'S HISTORY LIV ON
• EXHIBG THE ENOLA GAY
• THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB
• TOURG THE SMHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MM’S ENOLA GAY EXHIB
• THE INLIBLE ENOLA GAY

INSI THE ENOLA GAY

"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.

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.

INSI THE ENOLA GAY

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.

INSI THE ENOLA GAY

Bomber Enola Gay dropped the first ever Atomic bomb on the Japane cy of Hiroshima. 13 died last weekHiroshima bombg anniversaryTake a tour of the Enola Gay, the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima 69 years agoOn Augt 6, 1945 the U.

Natnal Air and Space the vio above, the CBC’s Meagan Fzpatrick gets a tour of the Enola Gay at the Steven F. 13 Enola Gay, after his mother. (Associated Prs)At the time of s missn, the Enola Gay was among the most sophistited, propeller-driven bombers the sky durg the Send World War, acrdg to the Smhsonian.

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

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.

ENOLA GAY

” 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. 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. Enola Gay.

THE ENOLA GAY'S HISTORY LIV ON

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. Boeg B-29 Superfortrs "Enola Gay".

EXHIBG THE 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.

THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB

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.

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.

TOURG THE SMHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MM’S ENOLA GAY EXHIB

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.

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. 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.

THE INLIBLE ENOLA GAY

"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. Insi the Enola Gay: A Visual Tour. The historic Boeg B-29 Enola Gay is shown here jt after beg rtored and re-assembled 2003.

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.