The museum attracts about 1.3 million visitors annually, roughly the same number of people who visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. This annex of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is located about 40 kilometers west of downtown Washington D.C., the U.S. The only explanation given about what happened on Augis that this plane dropped the first atomic weapon used in warfare on Hiroshima, Japan.

Wingspan: 43 meters Length: 30.2 meters: Height: 9 meters and other measurements.īut there are no figures which indicate how many people became victims of the Hiroshima bombing. In the bottom right corner of the panel which provides explanation, the size of the plane is described. The silver fuselage of Enola Gay stands out among them. The hanger is crammed with aircraft, from space shuttles to Japanese kamikaze planes.