ENOLA GAY CREW (MORRIS JEPPSON) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 277498

Color photo of the Enola Gay, signed "Morris R. Jeppson, Weapon Test Officer" by Jeppson. He also signed this photo with the name of the bomber and the first use of the atomic bomb in warfare: "Enola Gay, Hiroshima 6 Aug. 1945". Annotated photograph signed "Morris R.…"

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Condition: Fine condition

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ENOLA GAY CREW: MORRIS JEPPSON
Color photo of the Enola Gay, signed "Morris R. Jeppson, Weapon Test Officer" by Jeppson. He also signed this photo with the name of the bomber and the first use of the atomic bomb in warfare: "Enola Gay, Hiroshima 6 Aug. 1945".
Annotated photograph signed"Morris R. Jeppson/Weapon Test Officer/Enola Gay, Hiroshima 6 Aug. 1945" in blue ink. Color, 5x7. The Enola Gay, a modified B-29, dropped the world's first atomic bomb used in war. Colonel PAUL W. TIBBETS, JR. was the pilot, Major THOMAS W. FEREBEE was the bombardier, Captain THEODORE J. VAN KIRK was the navigator, 2nd Lieutenant MORRIS JEPPSON (1923-2010) was Weapon Test Officer and armed the bomb during the flight, Lieutenant JACOB BESER was radar counter measures (RCM) observer, Staff Sergeant GEORGE R. CARON was the tail gunner and Pfc. RICHARD H. NELSON was the radio operator on the historic flight that lifted off from Tinian Island at 2:45 A.M. on August 6, 1945. At 17 seconds past 8:15 a.m., "Little Boy", a 9,000-pound uranium-235 core-fissionable atomic bomb was released over Hiroshima, Japan. Forty-three seconds later, after the bomb detonated at 1,890 feet, the city was decimated; 71,000 were killed or assumed dead, 68,000 were injured and 60,000 buildings were destroyed. The bombing changed the course of warfare forever. Fine condition.

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