“It’s a major artifact in our collection,” said Thomas Alison, chief of the Collections Division for the National Air and Space Museum. The aircraft is one of 35 B-29s remaining of the 4,000 that were built, one of which remains in condition to fly and three that are under restoration. On Monday, the museum unveiled the newly reassembled Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft used to drop the first atomic bomb in combat on Hiroshima, Japan on Aug.
After 40 years of being dismantled and in storage, the Enola Gay is ready for display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center scheduled to open Dec.
