ENOLA GAY CREW - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: ENOLA GAY CREW (THEODORE VAN KIRK), ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON), ENOLA GAY CREW (PAUL W. TIBBETS), ENOLA GAY CREW (COLONEL THOMAS W. FEREBEE) - HFSID 277255
ENOLA GAY CREW: PAUL TIBBETS, TOM FEREBEE, GEORGE CARON and THEODORE VAN KIRK. Photograph signed: "George R. Caron/HIROSHIMA 8-6-45", "Theodore J 'Dutch' Van Kirk/Navigator", "Paul Tibbets/Pilot-Enola Gay", and "Thomas W. Ferebee/Bombardier". B/w, 8x10.
Sale Price $935.00
Reg. $1,100.00
ENOLA GAY CREW: PAUL TIBBETS, TOM FEREBEE, GEORGE CARON and THEODORE VAN KIRK. Photograph signed: "George R. Caron/HIROSHIMA 8-6-45", "Theodore J 'Dutch' Van Kirk/Navigator", "Paul Tibbets/Pilot-Enola Gay", and "Thomas W. Ferebee/Bombardier". B/w, 8x10. On the morning of August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay lifted off from Tinian Island; its special payload: "Little Boy," a 9,000 pound uranium-235 core-fissionable atomic bomb. At 8:16 a.m., the bomb (which descended from the plane by parachute) exploded 1,890 feet over Hiroshima, Japan's seventh largest city. Over 78,000 people were killed by the searing heat and gamma rays, and the city, which had been home to a garrison of 150,000 Japanese troops, was virtually destroyed. This action, and the dropping of another atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki three days later, was credited with hastening the end of World War II. Caron Seated in the rear of the B-29, he was the first to see the mushroom cloud. Caron had been given a camera at the last moment and snapped a roll of photographs as the mushroom cloud ascended. His photographs of the explosion were printed on millions of leaflets that were dropped over Japan the next day. Slightly grainy image. Otherwise, fine condition.
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