Lot 472
Rare Signed Piece by All 9 Members of the Enola Gay with Vintage Color Photo of the B-29 on Tinian Island Taken in September, 1945. Famed WWIIB-29 bomber which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Color photo 3½ x 5¼" picturing the bomber, Enola Gay, on Tinian Island in September, 1945 mounted on a 5 x 7" green card. In blank areas, all nine (9) crew have boldly signed: Pilot Paul Tibbets, co-pilot Bob Lewis, navigator Theodore J. Van Kirk, bombadier Thomas Ferebee, ECM officer Jacob Besar, tail gunner George Caron, radar operator Joe Stiborik, flight engineer Wyatt Duzenbury, and radio operator Richard Nelson. Very minor evidence of handling otherwise excellent. Rare. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500
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