Subject:

Enola Gay (Bomber)  Search this

National Air and Space Museum  Search this

United States Air Force  Search this

Date:

July 3, 1949

Category:

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes:

Schadewald, Paul. "Chronology of the Enola Gay Controversy." Journal of American History, 82, no. 3 (Dec 1995): 1083-84.

Harwit, Martin. "An Exhibit Denied: Lobbying the History of the Enola Gay." New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996, p. 430.

Summary:

The United States Air Force transfers ownership of the Boeing B-29 "Enola Gay" to the Smithsonian Institution.

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

Museums--Acquisitions  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

B-29 bomber  Search this

Boeing airplanes  Search this

Controversies  Search this

Interagency Transfers  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_2311