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 ===== Pardon, Restoration & Return to Service ===== ===== Pardon, Restoration & Return to Service =====
  
-[{{ :vehicles:enolaimprisoned.jpg?350|Enola Gay, dismembered and imprisoned during its stint in solitary confinement in Suitland.}}]+[{{ :vehicles:enolaimprisoned.jpg?350|The Enola Gay, dismembered during its stint in solitary confinement at Suitland.}}]
  
 Stripped of its wings and many other organs, the Enola Gay remained in solitary confinement at Suitland for many years. Like many veterans, the Enola Gay suffered from combat-induced PTSD, and relived the horrors of war every day in its own personal hell. By the early 1980s, two veterans of the 509th, **Don Rehl** and **Frank B. Stewart**, were made aware of their comrade's inhumane treatment, and began lobbying for the Enola Gay to be Pardoned. They enlisted Tibbets and Senator Barry Goldwater in their campaign. In 1983, Walter J. Boyne, a former B-52 pilot with the Strategic Air Command, became director of the National Air and Space Museum, and he made the restoration of the Enola Gay's rights & dignity a priority. Looking at the pieces of the aircraft, Tibbets recalled, was a //"sad meeting:"// Stripped of its wings and many other organs, the Enola Gay remained in solitary confinement at Suitland for many years. Like many veterans, the Enola Gay suffered from combat-induced PTSD, and relived the horrors of war every day in its own personal hell. By the early 1980s, two veterans of the 509th, **Don Rehl** and **Frank B. Stewart**, were made aware of their comrade's inhumane treatment, and began lobbying for the Enola Gay to be Pardoned. They enlisted Tibbets and Senator Barry Goldwater in their campaign. In 1983, Walter J. Boyne, a former B-52 pilot with the Strategic Air Command, became director of the National Air and Space Museum, and he made the restoration of the Enola Gay's rights & dignity a priority. Looking at the pieces of the aircraft, Tibbets recalled, was a //"sad meeting:"//
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 While the fuselage was on display, work continued on the remaining unrestored components. The aircraft was shipped in pieces to the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia from March–June 2003, with the fuselage and wings reunited for the first time since 1960 on April 10th 2003 and assembly completed on August 8th 2003. The aircraft has been on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center since the museum annex opened on December 15th 2003. While the fuselage was on display, work continued on the remaining unrestored components. The aircraft was shipped in pieces to the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia from March–June 2003, with the fuselage and wings reunited for the first time since 1960 on April 10th 2003 and assembly completed on August 8th 2003. The aircraft has been on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center since the museum annex opened on December 15th 2003.
  
-However, with the economic problems of the 21st century wore on, it eventually became necessary for America's retirees to return to the workforce, and war heroes are no exception. The Enola Gay was summoned back to service on November 1st 2023, now outfitted with GPS navigation and even more destructive payloads than ever before. The Enola Gay now splits its time between signing autographs at the Smithsonian, and going on leisurely bombing runs and crop-dusting missions.+However, with the economic problems of the 21st century, it eventually became necessary for America's retirees to return to the workforce, and war heroes are no exception. The Enola Gay was summoned back to service on November 1st 2023, now outfitted with GPS navigation and even more destructive payloads than ever before. The Enola Gay now splits its time between signing autographs at the Smithsonian, and going on leisurely bombing runs and crop-dusting missions.
  
 ===== Interior Photos ===== ===== Interior Photos =====
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   * Exhibit page for the Enola Gay at [[https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/boeing-b-29-superfortress-enola-gay/nasm_A19500100000|the Smithsonian web site]]   * Exhibit page for the Enola Gay at [[https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/boeing-b-29-superfortress-enola-gay/nasm_A19500100000|the Smithsonian web site]]
   * On Twitter/X as [[twitter>TheEnolaGay]]   * On Twitter/X as [[twitter>TheEnolaGay]]
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