Lot 158
Tbbets, Paul (Enola Gay & Bock's Car Crew). Photo signed with date of the bomb drop, Aug. 6, 1945, 10" x 8", picturing Colonel Tibbets standing in uniform in front of the Enola Gay; signed at upper right margin, in blue ink. With signed First Day Non-Issue, 50th Anniversary Commemorating the Allied victory over Japan; the stamp was never issued due to protests from Japanese government officals. Cover post-marked August 14, 1995, Columbus, Ohio.; Bock's Car Crew Commmemorative "War Ends with Atomic Bomb" Cover, picturing the second atomic bomber crew that dropped the "Fat Man" bomb on Nagasaki, August 9, 1945, signed and annotated by: Major Charles W. Sweeney, Captain Charles Albury, 2nd Lieutenant Fred J. Olivi, Commander Frederick Ashworth, USN. Fine condition.
Estimated Value $175 - 250.
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