Enola Gay photo(s) request

[DaveM2]

All

I am looking for a shot similar to this -slightly lower angle if possible, but without the obstructing railing...

TIA
Dave



Also if anyone has some post war shots up until the move to storage at Maryland, they would be of interest, thanks (PM about those).

TIA
Dave

[b747cf]

Here is a shot a little further back.


Mark Fidler

[jdvoss]

I must admit that I am not particularily pleased with the quality of this photo but it's the only one I have. I trust it meets your immediate needs until a better photo is submitted.

John

[jdvoss]

OK, I'll try it again. Here's my not-so-swift-photo but it's all I have until I return to the Museum with my NEW Sony SLR. Can hardly wait !!!

[DaveM2]

Thanks chaps.

Dave

[Cherrybomber13]

From the weekend of the 19th Nov 2011

Udvar Hazy - Smithsonian 11/11 by Cherry Bomb Photography, on Flickr



Udvar Hazy - Smithsonian 11/11 by Cherry Bomb Photography, on Flickr

[StyrenePilot1970]

Here are a few I have collected of the web in the last few years - thanks to the original photographers and submitters!





And these are a few I took:





I hope these help!

[WIXerGreg]

At what point did they paint the crew names and "first atomic bomb" on the nose? I picked this one up a few months ago and would like to try to figure out when it was taken.

[APG85]

Beautiful restoration/preservation. Not sure i like the way they have it jacked up on stands but I guess it helps keep people away from it. I saw it in the early 80's disassembled, sitting on mattresses in a Garber warehouse...

[Pogo]

I see this as rather a lovely shot.....



But ...... I just noticed the top turret hole skinned over.....................?

Don't tell me the turrets were removed because The Bomb was so heavy and I never learned it...........................?

[mustangdriver]

Taigh Ramey is the guy you woul want to talk to along with Bernie Popard. They worked on the restoration, and what they know about the B-29, Enola Gay, and the silver plate aircraft could fill a book. I am not sure, but I think all of the silver plate aircraft had the turrets removed in an effort to save fuel and extend their range.

I too wish that they would have left it on the floor for display. But they did a beautiful job on it.

[phil65]

Late in 1944, AAF leaders selected the Martin assembly line to produce a squadron of B-29s codenamed SILVERPLATE. Martin modified these Superfortresses by removing all gun turrets except for the tail position, removing armor plate, installing Curtiss electric propellers, and modifying the bomb bay to accommodate either the "Fat Man" or "Little Boy" versions of the atomic bomb.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/arti ... 9500100000

Phil

[Pogo]

Funny how aging "brains" work sometimes. When I got to the part that said ".....modified these Superfortresses by removing all gun turrets except for the tail position" all the rest suddenly came back to me. Yeah, I knew all that. And I'm only in my 50's. I can hardly wait to be in my 80's, this is going to be great!!

[DaveM2]

Thanks all

Dave

[APG85]

More pictures!