Talk:The Great Artiste

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[edit] National Museum of the USAF (formerly US Air Force Museum)

The main URL for the US Air Force Museum has changed. It would appear that the museum itself is now called the "National Museum of the USAF". Updated the link to what seems to be the same entry on Bockscar by comparing with the Internet Archive's Wayback machine. --EarthPerson 15:12, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Was The Great Artiste REALLY scrapped in 1949??

I am ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN I saw a B-29 with nose markings identifying it as The Great Artiste at Pease AFB, NH in the spring of 1988 (in a historical display, sitting on a grassy field between a B-52 and a B-47)...I recall calling my companions over & explaining that "this was the only plane at both atomic bombings."

Anyone have an explanation? Uncle Cosmo 01:01, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Group Captain Cheshire - was he aboard The Great Artiste or not?

There seems to be a question on which airplane Group Captain Leonard Cheshire actually flew. I believe it was The Great Artiste, and the same is also specified in Cheshire's Wiki biography. However, there seem to be other opinions as well. Could anyone please provide credible information on this subject? Regards, ViennaUK 17:39, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

The British observers Cheshire & Penney were on Big Stink not The Great Artiste according to “Cheshire” the biography by Richard Morris (2000). Hopkins was meant to link up with the others at Yakushima, but he kept at 39,000 feet instead of the agreed height (30,000 feet?). He tried to justify this by the need to keep the VIP passengers out of danger. Cheshire thought Hopkins (in charge of Big Stink) was “overwrought” according to Morris. The appointment of Hopkins was “strange”; as the operations officer he had no regular crew. Cheshire was with Penney, and in Hopkins’ plane so I will amend accordingly. Hugo999 06:46, 4 December 2007 (UTC)