Historic Wendover Airfield is a non-profit organization and additional museum information is available at: wendoverairbase. Location: Wendover Airport, 345 Airport Apron, Wendover, UtahĬost: $25 per individual, lunch and beverages are included Time: 10:00 am – 2pm (approximately 4 hours) Tour is limited to 25 individuals so please contact us to reserve your space at: 80 or on the “Contact Us” page at Date: May 4, 2013 The hangar that housed the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the world's first atomic bomb is threatened by disrepair. Brinkman Service Club and an exterior restoration on the B-29 Enola Gay Hangar.
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Through this time, we have saved and restored several key buildings throughout the airfield including a full restoration of the John T. Please be aware some areas are not handicap accessible, but some accommodations can be made – please let us know in advance if you feel you may need to make such arrangements. The Manhattan Project's Enola Gay Hangar, Wendover Airfield, Utah. Our team has been committed to restoring and preserving the Historic Wendover Airfield for more than 20 years.
Be sure to bring your camera, sunglasses and good walking shoes! Water and lunch from Subway sandwiches is included in cost for the tour. You will be guided by museum staff as you step into the past and truly, “Walk where they Walked”. The Manhattan Projects Enola Gay Hangar, Wendover Airfield, Utah. JB-2 Launch site Base hospital facilities Officers Mess hall B-29 “Enola Gay” hangar
This tour of the secret World War II base facilities will include rarely open buildings and areas such as:Ītomic bomb loading pit Atomic bomb assembly buildingsĮnlisted Barracks Norden Bombsight building Lewis during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in warfare. On 6 August 1945, piloted by Tibbets and Robert A. The staff of the Wendover Airfield museum is excited to host an “all access” tour of the historic airfield! The Enola Gay ( / nol /) is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets.