[cpdiii]

Correct, it is at Wright Patterson in Ohio. The pilot was Colonel Tibbits, whom is still alive.

It is rather eerie to look up into those open bomb bay doors.
It did end the war with Japan and saved 100s of thousands of American lives. It saved even more Japanese lives. They would have lost millions in an invasion. With total air superiority we would have bombed Japan for months before an invasion. The direct loses from bombings would have been in the 100s of thousands and the death from disease and starvation would have been in the millions. The Japanese were spared the total destruction of their culture by the atomic bomb.

[stevem]

Correct, it is at Wright Patterson in Ohio. The pilot was Colonel Tibbits, whom is still alive.

The older I get the more suspect my memory becomes. I'm pretty sure Paul Tibbets flew the Enola Gay. I think Bock's Car was piloted by Frederick Bock, but that may be wrong at least to the extent that it dropped the bomb on Nagasaki.

When my son was going to school at the Air Force Institute my wife and I visited and had the privelege of seeing that museum. It's an aviation museum and occupies a series of huge hangers built for that purpose. I honestly think it's the best museum of any genre I ever saw.

If my son hadn't been there I never would have gone to Dayton. It would never have made it to my list of vacation spots. I now would recommend it for a couple of days just to see the museum. It's that good.

[COEXERJ145]

Correct, it is at Wright Patterson in Ohio. The pilot was Colonel Tibbits, whom is still alive.

Tibbets flew the Enola Gay. Major Charles Sweeney flew Bock's Car.