Great Bend in Barton County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Enola Gay
509th Composite Group
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 13, 2012
1. Enola Gay Marker
Thomas Ferebee Theodore J. Van Kirk
Wyatt Duzenbury Robert H. Shumard
Richard H. Nelson Joseph Stiborik
Jacob Beser Morris R. Jeppson
George R. Caron William S. Parsons
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, World II.
Location. 38° 20.836′ N, 98° 50.99′ W. Memorial is in Great Bend, Kansas, in Barton County. It is on 6th Street west of Airport Road/SW 40th Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Marker is at the B-29 Memorial Plaza at Great Bend Municipal Airport. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Great Bend KS 67530, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Central Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, on the Southern Plains, and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Leslie J. Campbell Jr. (here, next to this marker); Crew 52 (here, next to this marker); Duke's Lead Crew (here, next to this marker); Great Bend AAF Ground Training Unit (here, next to this marker); Honey - V☐ 42 (here, next to this marker); Pacific Queen Z-35 (here, next to this marker); Rover Boys Express (here, next to this marker); Welch's Wolves (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Great Bend.
Also see . . .
1. B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend, Kansas
this page online
2. Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on December 20, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
3. 509th Composite Group. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on December 20, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
4. Boeing B-29 "Enola Gay". Smithsonian Air and Space Museum website entry (Submitted on June 25, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
5. The Enola Gay Controversy, 1994-1995. History on Trial website entry (Submitted on June 25, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
2. B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend, Kansas
Photographed by Atomic Heritage Foundation, 1945
3. Enola Gay crew
Photographed by WW2 Today, 1945
4. Col. Paul Tibbetts
The mission begins.
via USAAF, 1945
5. "Enola Gay"
"Enola Gay, a Silverplate version of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, landing after delivering Little Boy over Hiroshima"
Credits. This page was last revised on November 13, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 980 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 25, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on April 9, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 20, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
