Groups opposed to original enola gay exhibit
He was a member of the 40th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) of the XX Bomber Command in the China/Burma/India (CBI) Theater of Operations as well as Tinian in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
He flew combat missions in B-29’s as a radar operator and combat aerial photographer. Burr Bennett had a life-long interest in the Enola Gay Controversy as a result of his military service. Majority of material found within 1992 - 1999 elected officials, several journalists and many members of the public. One vocal opponent was Bennett, whose letter-writing campaign against the exhibit enlisted the aid of the Enola Gay pilot, Brigadier General Paul Tibbets, a number of U.S. These petitions were part of the campaign headed by the CRPDEG to convince the Smithsonian to redesign their Enola Gay exhibit to original historical standards. This was the proposed exhibit site for the Enola Gay on the site of the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee instead of the Smithsonian's controversial proposed exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington, D.C.
#Groups opposed to original enola gay exhibit series
The fifth series contains the Knoxville Exhibition. The fourth series is the Publications Series which consists of the Clipping File #1 and #2 and Magazines and Studies. The third series is the Smithsonian Series which features the Smithsonian, the Smithsonian Crossroads, and the Smithsonian’s – The Last Act, and the Smithsonian Proposed Crossroads Exhibit. Giangreko Military Review, the Professors, Congress, Regents and Air and Space Firms, and Miscellaneous Letters and Correspondence. The second series is the Other Correspondents Series which contains the Enola Gay Controversy, Letters from the Field, Air Force Association, Correll, Engen and Hewitt, D. The CRPDEG was comprised of this small group of B-29 veterans of the Second World War seeking the restoration and proud display of the Enola Gay as an historic aircraft. Rooney, Frank Rabbitt, Pattillo, Hilton, Crouch and Potts, Nicks and Horowitz, and Adams, Heyman, Rehl and Tibbets. The first series is the Committee for the Restoration and Proper Display of the Enola Gay (CRPDEG) Series which consists of the Seven Old Men Updates, Burr’s #1 and #2 Files, Humphrey and Schuh, Cooper and Brewer, William H. The archivist identified six series in the Enola Gay controversy. The collection arrived in two accessions, and was well organized and in good condition. Burr Bennett Collection is housed in eleven manuscript boxes totaling 4.4 linear feet. Burr Bennett during his lifetime supporting both his hobby and lifelong interest in the Enola Gay. These include letters, articles, petitions, clippings, newsletters, press releases, schedules, chronologies, certificates, book reviews/excerpts, transcripts, papers, pamphlets, notes, proposals, scripts, lists, minutes, surveys, essays, business cards, and color as well as black and white photographs that were created/collected by W. This collection contains various items encompassing his participation in the Committee for the Restoration and Proper Display of the Enola Gay (CRPDEG).