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10-31-2006, 09:41 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chambersburg
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| Enola Gay at NASM Udvar-Hazy Raised on Navy fighters, I had little interest in B-29's until late last year. The more I read, the greater my respect for the aircraft and the men who flew them. In it's day, it was the most complex machine man had built up to that time, and only the Manhatten Project exceeded it in cost. Seeing her fully assembled, and knowing what she was and where she had flown makes it an emotional experience walking around her. |
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10-31-2006, 10:15 AM
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| Der Crewchief   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| I went to this musuem February last year. Was very neat to see her up close.
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11-04-2006, 10:11 AM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | Nice shots. They did a good job on the restoration.
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11-04-2006, 12:12 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA
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| Yes, nice shots.
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11-04-2006, 02:06 PM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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  | Good stuff!
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11-04-2006, 11:31 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New Zealand
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| Hi! DerAlder, didn't some old Japanese war veteran chuck a can of red paint at the Enola Gay (saw it on TV, ages ago)? James.
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11-05-2006, 04:17 PM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| I dont know. I have never heard that, but it may have happened.
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11-05-2006, 04:19 PM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| I just did a search for it though and yeah apparantly in 2003 there was a protest at the musuem about the Enola Gay being on display since it dropped the bomb, and a Japanese man threw a can of red paint at it.
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