<strong>Enola Gay: </strong>Today, Enola Gay -- the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima -- is parked at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia.
Enola Gay: Today, Enola Gay -- the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima -- is parked at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia.
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<strong>A somber artifact:</strong> Jeremy Kinney, curator at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, stands in front of Enola Gay. "This is a very somber artifact," Kinney says of the bomber.
A somber artifact: Jeremy Kinney, curator at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, stands in front of Enola Gay. "This is a very somber artifact," Kinney says of the bomber.
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<strong>The cockpit: </strong>Visitors to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia, can look down into the cockpit of Enola Gay.
The cockpit: Visitors to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia, can look down into the cockpit of Enola Gay.
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<strong>intercontinental bomber: </strong>Enola Gay was designed to be an intercontinental bomber, one that could fly from the continental US to Europe in case Britain fell to Nazi Germany.
intercontinental bomber: Enola Gay was designed to be an intercontinental bomber, one that could fly from the continental US to Europe in case Britain fell to Nazi Germany.
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<strong>Designed to carry atomic bombs: </strong>It was one of 300,000 aircraft produced by the United States in World War II, and one of only 15 B-29s specifically made to carry atomic bombs.
Designed to carry atomic bombs: It was one of 300,000 aircraft produced by the United States in World War II, and one of only 15 B-29s specifically made to carry atomic bombs.
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