When they had last seen her, she was a proud, brilliantly shiny, beautifully sleek B-29 Superfortress-the most powerful bomber the Army Air Forces flew in World War II. Garber Restoration, Preservation, and Storage Facility. With great expectations, they drove to Silver Hill, in Suitland, Maryland, just outside Washington's city limits, where the National AirĪnd Space Museum has its Paul E. They would be able to visit their beloved Enola Gay.
On this occasion they also had an additional attraction. At five-year intervals in the previous thirty-five years they had met in other cities to reminisce and exchange news. Late in the summer of 1980 a small band of men approaching retirement age convened in Washington.
