USAF Museum Dayton

USAF Museum with the "Bockscar" - darkometer rating : 5 - A huge museum in Dayton, Ohio, of (mostly) US military aircraft, the star piece of which, from a dark perspective, has to be the "Bockscar", the Nagasaki A-bomber. But there are several other dark aspects/exhibits too. > More background info > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos More background info: The "Bockscar", the item of most significance to the dark tourist that the museum has, was the plane that dropped the second (and last war-time) atomic bomb , namely on Nagasaki , Japan , three days after the first A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the "Enola Gay" . Both aircraft were specially adapted B-29 bombers and both survived WWII . While the initial display of the "Enola Gay" at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. triggered much controversy and ultimately had to be called off until it was moved to its new location, the display of the "Bockscar" at the USAF Museum, by contrast, doesn't seem to have caused any ripples in public opinion. This may partly have to do with the USAF Museum's location, away from the big East Coast cities and right next to one of the largest and most significant airbases in the USA : "Wright Patterson Air Force Base", in part named after the Wright brothers, the pioneers of heavier-than-air aviation, who used this area as a testing field. The historical importance of the Air Force Base also extends into modern-era politics – it was here that the Dayton Accords (or "Dayton Agreement") were signed that brought about an end to armed hostilities in the former Yugoslavia , in particular Bosnia-Herzegovina . The USAF Museum itself is also of historical significance, being one of the oldest (and now biggest) of its kind in the world.