http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2003/0312/0312new4.cfm   

Enola Gay, the B-29 airplane that bombed Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, is currently on display in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. The controversy surrounding this massive creature of the sky is everywhere. On the one hand, you have the war veterans from WWII who proudly desire that this super fortress be displayed for the entire world to see.  In contrast, the public sees the aircraft as a sign of cruelty. Though the war was shortened and many U.S. soldiers’’ lives probably saved, the killing of thousands of innocent civilians can never be justified.  Japanese and people from other countries also find the Enola Gay offensive. More importantly, though, is the fact that the plane was the vehicle that carried the atomic bomb that murdered countless civilians, most of whom did not share the bloodlust of the Japanese army. Such a bone-chilling artifact should not be put on display in the National Air and Space Museum.