Although designed to fight in the European theater, the B-29 found its niche on the other side of the globe.
“Boeing’s B-29 Superfortress was the most sophisticated propeller-driven bomber of World War II and the first bomber to house its crew in pressurized compartments. Pretty much everyone knows what the Enola Gay is, and here’s how it’s described on a plaque at the museum: The Enola Gay occupies a central spot in the main display hall, viewable from below and from an elevated walkway, it is clearly meant to be one of the stars of the museum. The museum itself is a huge, hangar-like display space housing an immense variety of aircraft and space craft, from balloon baskets to the Concorde to an actual space shuttle. It hangs from the ceiling of the branch of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum out near Dulles Airport in Virginia. The Enola Gay is quite beautiful, in a sort of 1950s-futuristic way: restored to mint condition, it is all shiny aluminum and glass, sleek and efficient. Click here for a previous entry on museums.
