George R. Caron Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
GEORGE R. CARON
Born: October 31, 1919 in Jamestown, North Dakota
Died: June 3, 1995 in Denver, Colorado
Died: June 3, 1995 in Denver, Colorado
George R. "Bob" Caron (1919-1995) was the tail gunner on the Enola Gay on its historic mission to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. 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. Caron died in 1995.
Film Credits
1995-Enola-Gay-and-the-Atomic-Bombing-of-Japan (Other), 1995-Men-Who-Brought-the-Dawn (in person), 1962-V-Was-for-Victory (Other)
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 03/15/1989 - HFSID 85428ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARON The tail gunner known for his role in the infamous Enola Gay mission pens a letter to Todd Axelrod, C.E.O. of the Gallery of History Autograph Letter Signed: "George R. Caron". 3p, 6x9. March 15, 1989. Written to “Dear Mr. Axelrod”.Sale Price $467.50
$550.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 07/06/1986 - HFSID 264483ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARON Autograph Letter Signed: "Sincerely,/George R. Caron", 1 page, 6x9. No place, 1986 July 6. To "Dear Ralph". In full: "I signed the covers [not present] as you requested. I'm sorry to hear that possibly Pappy De Hart passed away.
Sale Price $467.50
$550.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 07/21/1980 - HFSID 254674ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE CARON ALS explaining that his revenues from souvenir sales were donated to the Confederate Air Force. Autograph Letter signed: "George R. Caron", 2 pages (front and verso), 6x9. Denver, Colorado, 1980 July 21.
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 10/12/1979 - HFSID 5718ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE CARON The tail gunner on the Hiroshima mission writes a warm, chatty, 6-page letter to a young English woman, discussing his personal interests and hobbies. Autograph Letter signed: "Colonel Grandpa/(Bob Caron)", 6 pages (front and verso), 6x9. Denver, Colorado, 1979 October 12.
Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 10/25/1988 - HFSID 84448ATOMIC BOMB: BOB CARON. ALS: "Bob Caron", 4p, front and verso, 6x9. No place, 1988 October 25. To B.C. (autograph dealer B.C. West,Jr.). In part: "I hope this letter finds you O.K. and that the eyes are working good. My left one is still not too good for night driving.
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 12/17/1990 - HFSID 257620George R. Caron, tailgunner of the Enola Gay and the first man to see the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima, wrote this letter to an autograph hunter in 1990. He thanked the recipient for letting him sign the photos, as "The trip to the reunion sure put a hole in a very limited budget".
Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 11/03/1979 - HFSID 156818ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARON The tail gunner on the Enola Gay pens this note to an admirer Autograph Note Signed: "Bob Caron" 3½x5½. Dated November 3, 1979. Card postmarked Denver, Colorado, November 4, 1979, on verso. Written to "Dear Steve".
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 01/10/1991 - HFSID 258596ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARON This check is signed by the man who saw the atomic bomb explosion from the plane that dropped it! Check Signed: "George R. Caron". 6x2¾. Dated January 10, 1991. Drawn on his personal Bank Western account, payable to "Sylvania" for $59.95.
Sale Price $180.00
$200.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 02/21/1990 - HFSID 167947ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARON. Partly Printed Check filled out and signed: "George R. Caron", 6x2¾. Denver, Colorado, 1990 February 21. Drawn on his personal Bank Western account, payable to "Brooklyn Tech Research Foundation Inc." for $10.00. George R.
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 03/09/1990 - HFSID 167995ATOMIC BOMB: GEORGE R. CARON. Partly Printed Check filled out and signed: "George R. Caron", 6x2¾. Denver, Colorado, 1990 March 9. Drawn on Bank Western Federal Savings Bank, payable to "Confederate Air Force" for $160.
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 11/11/1987 - HFSID 157606Check no. 2317 drawn on his personal account at Westminster National Bank, Westminster, Colorado, in the amount of $133.36, payable to Medicine Man, signed in black ink "George R. Caron"
Sale Price $337.50
$375.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 11/27/1988 - HFSID 303461GEORGE R. CARON The tail gunner on the Enola Gay fills out and signs a check to Allen Neil for $7.25. Check signed: "George R. Caron", 6x2¾. Denver, Colorado, 1988 November 27. Drawn on his Bank Western Federal Savings Bank account, payable to "Allen Neil" for $7.25.
Sale Price $144.00
$160.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 283862ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE CARON Black and white photograph of George Caron in his dress uniform. B/w, 8x10 overall, image 6x8¾ one surface. Photograph signed: "George R. Caron". US Army Air Force Sgt George R. Caron was the tail gunner on the Enola Gay.
Sale Price $180.00
$200.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 272457ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARON. Photograph signed: "George R. (Bob) Caron". At lower margin, Caron has written: "Best Wishes, B.C." B/w, 10x8. Crew photograph, picturing among others, Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., the pilot, Major Thomas W. Ferebee, the bombardier, Captain Theodore J.
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 167674ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARON Shown at a debriefing after the dropping of the first atomic bomb Photograph signed: "George R. Caron". B/w, 10x8. Depicts a meeting of the 509th Composite Group after the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. George R.
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 177774ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARON Shown in a group photo with ten other members of the atomic bomber's flight and ground crews Photograph signed: "George R. Caron". B/w, 10x8. Staff Sergeant George R. Caron (1919-1995) was the tail gunner on the historic flight of the Enola Gay, which lifted off from Tinian Island at 2:45 A.
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 156811ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARON Shown at a debriefing after the dropping of the first atomic bomb Photograph signed: "George R. Caron/Tail Gunner - Enola Gay". B/w, 10x8 with brown hue. Depicts a meeting of the 509th Composite Group after the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. George R.
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 202433ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARON 12x8 color photo of the Enola Gay, the plane to drop the first atomic bomb used in wartime on Hiroshima, signed by tail gunner Caron, the first man to see the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima Photograph signed: "George R. Caron/tail gunner". Color, 12x8. George R.
Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - BOOK SIGNED - HFSID 258612ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE CARON Personal memoir of the tail gunner on the Hiroshima atomic bomb mission, I Saw It First, signed on the title page Book signed: "George R. Caron" on title page, 45p, 8½x11, soft cover. His book: I Saw It First, From the Eyewitness Account of Bob Caron/Tail Gunner Aboard the Enola Gay.
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - CHECK ENDORSED 11/25/1992 - HFSID 258609ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE CARON $302.92 check endorsed by Caron, the Enola Gay's tail gunner and first to see the first atomic bomb's mushroom cloud over Hiroshima. Check endorsed "George R. Caron" in blue ink. B/w, 8¼x3. Nov. 25, 1992. Check no. 2075 for $302.92 made out to Caron and drawn on J.F.F.
Sale Price $162.00
$180.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - CHECK SIGNED & ENDORSED 01/24/1987 - HFSID 176807ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE CARON $100 check signed and endorsed by Caron, the Enola Gay's tail gunner and first to see the first atomic bomb's mushroom cloud over Hiroshima Check signed and endorsed "George R. Caron" in blue ink. B/w, 6x2¾. Jan. 24, 1987. Check no.
Sale Price $180.00
$200.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - CURRENCY SIGNED - HFSID 146652ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARON. Currency signed: "George R. Caron/Tail Gunner -/Enola Gay", 6x2½. One dollar U.S. Federal Reserve Note, Series E, 1988. George R. "Bob" Caron was the tail gunner on the Enola Gay on its historic mission to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.
Sale Price $180.00
$200.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 158068ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARON The tail gunner of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, signed this first day cover First Day Cover Signed: "George R. Caron", 6¾x3¾. First Day Cover honoring the "5th International Philatelic Exhibition".
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 158072ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARON The tail gunner of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, signed this first day cover First Day Cover Signed: "George R. Caron", 6¾x3¾. First Day Cover honoring the Statue of Liberty. Cachet depicts the Statue of Liberty.
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 158075ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARON This first day cover that features an image of the Liberty Bell is signed by the man who photographed the dropping of “Little Boy” on Hiroshima First Day Cover Signed: "George R. Caron", 6¾x3¾.
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 166196ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARON The tail gunner who took photographs of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, signed this first day cover that features Uncle Sam First Day Cover Signed: "George R. Caron" in blue ink. 6½x3¾. Postmarked Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1978.
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - INSCRIBED TYPESCRIPT SIGNED - HFSID 166407GEORGE CARON His handwritten note in the lower margin of his typescript explaining why the Enola Gay wasn't painted with the insignia of the 509th Composite Group when it dropped the A-bomb Typescript inscribed and signed: "Tina, as you requested./George R . (Bob) Caron", 1 page, 8x10.
Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (GEORGE R. CARON) - PHOTOGRAPH MOUNT SIGNED - HFSID 189986Small 5¼x3½ color photo of the Enola Gay, the plane to drop the first atomic bomb used in wartime on Hiroshima. Mounted to a green card signed by tail gunner, the first man to see the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima
Sale Price $180.00
$200.00
