In that case, why no complaints that it can be easily found on the web.
Why no complaints that any description on the web doesn't make mention
of the deaths it caused from dropping the second bomb? Would these
folks still complain if the Smithsonian put the Enola Gay back in
storage and borrowed the Bockscar for display?

BTW, Mary, I enjoy some of your posts about the SR-71 and whatnot. A
fellow where I work, used to work on / in / around the SR-71 and shares
a few stories when I prompt him. He has a neat photo, amongst a few
others, of him in the cockpit.

Mary Shafer wrote:

On 23 Dec 2003 05:07:57 EST, Mark and Kim Smith
wrote:



I read through most of those threads and I actually might be learning
something from them. ( BTW Art, keep posting your stuff too! I try to
read most all threads unless the subject line looks absolutely boring.
) My question is, there were two A bombs dropped, but only one by the
Enola Gay. Why no controversy over the display of Bockscar? Was there
controversy over Bockscar ever?? I remember one of the statements posed
by the original poster was that "The plane, in fact, differs little from other B-29s and
gains its notoriety only from the deadly and history-altering nature
of its mission." Okay, so what if the Smithsonian didn't display the
Enola Gay, how about Bockscar? How about "The Great Artiste"? Would
that be less controversial?? It flew along side both bomb runs! Why is
it only the Enola Gay that stirs this stuff up? Past and present?



Maybe it's because Bockscar is on display in the USAF museum, on a
USAF base?

Mary