Restoring the Enola Gay

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Key Takeaways:

  • The restoration of the B-29 Enola Gay was the largest physical restoration project undertaken by the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum.
  • The goal of the project was to return the historic aircraft to the same condition it was in after its mission in 1945.
  • NASM experts Anne McCombs and Bob McLean discuss the extensive restoration process in a long-form podcast.
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In sheer physical size, the B-29 Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, was the largest restoration project ever undertaken by the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum. In this long-form podcast, NASM’s Anne McCombs and Bob McLean explain what it took to get the airplane into the same shape it was when it completed its historic mission.

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