ENOLA GAY CREW (PAUL W. TIBBETS) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 256405
Sale Price $225.00
Reg. $280.00
ENOLA GAY CREW: PAUL W. TIBBETS
Black and white publicity photograph of the mushroom cloud after the
first atomic bomb was dropped.
Photograph signed: "Paul Tibbets, Pilot". B/w, 8x10 overall,
image 6¼x8¾. Captioned: "Hiroshima, Japan August 6, 1945". Paul W.
Tibbets was the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 that he named in honor
of his mother. At 2:30 A.M. on August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay
left Tinian Island's North Field for Special Bombing Mission number 13. In her
bomb bay was "Little Boy", the name given to the first atomic bomb used in
warfare. At 8:15 A.M., "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, creating
massive destruction and hastening the end of WWII. George R. Caron, the tail
gunner on the flight, was facing the rear of the B-29 and was the first to see
the mushroom cloud. He had been given a camera at the last moment and snapped a
roll of photographs as the mushroom cloud ascended. Caron's photographs of
the explosion were printed on millions of leaflets that were dropped over Japan
the next day. Fine condition.
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