Matt Tauber wrote:

George Marquardt died on 8/15. Marquardt was the pilot of "Necessary Evil",
the B29 that photographed the Hiroshima blast.

Does anyone know if "Necessary Evil" still exists...or other planes from the
509th? I know "Bockscar" is at the WPAFB museum, and "Enola Gay" is safely
in storage where no one can be offended by it. How about the other 12
planes, like "Strange Cargo" or "Next Objective". Any thoughts?

Matt Tauber

Matt -

The restored forward fuselage and other parts of the Enola Gay were
exhibited publicly downtown on the Washington, D. C., Mall in May 1995.
See http://www.nasm.si.edu/nasm/aero/air...boeing_b29.htm

The Smithsonian Air & Space Museum has completed restoration work on the
entire plane to restore it to its original wartime condition. It will be
publicly displayed at the new Udvar-Hazy Center starting December 15th.
See http://www.nasm.si.edu/nasm/pa/nasmnews/pr/081803.htm for more
details.

See http://www.afa.org/media/enolagay/ for background on the 1994-1995
controversy.

Stephen