From: mark baxter (alleywayguns@bacavalley.com)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 20:17:45 PST
It Brock's Car that dropped the Atomic bomb on Japan, along with the Enola
Gay. The were Guided back to their revetments by either a MB or GPW Jeep.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Bever" <goin_myway@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Boxcar
> Everette,
> You may have already gotten the info, but if not. The
> B29 known as "Boxcar" resides at the Wright Patterson
> Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. It is in very good
> condition apparently because it made it's way into the
> Museum early on after the war unlike the other atomic
> bomb dropper "Enola Gay" which spent most of it time
> outside exposed to the elements and vandels. I
> understand now that the Smithonian is in the process
> of restoring that plane. For those that may not know,
> the museum has a few MV around including an MB jeep,
> and one of those small cat type tractors (I forget
> what they are called). Anyone in the area or passing
> near Dayton should diffinitly check this place out and
> plan on spending the whole day. I live about 3 hrs
> away and go to the museum a couple of times a year.
> Later
> Dan Bever
> MVPA
> 1941 WC-27
> 1945 MB
> --- Everette <194cbteng@pchnet.com> wrote:
> > Where is "Boxcar"
> >
> > I do hope my asking where "Boxcar" is displayed
> > meets requirements for MV
> > content??
> >
> > My memory refuesed to access the file that I know is
> > somwhere in my head,
> > for I once knew and like most of us never forget
> > anything just sometimes
> > need a little help remembering.
> >
> >
> > Everette
> >
> > As the old cowboys say - Mind where you step......
> >
> >
> >
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