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Enola Gay and Bock's Car B-29 Prints with Tibbets Signature

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Enola Gay and Bock's Car B-29 Prints with Tibbets Signature
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500.00USDto M********y+ buyer's premium (125.00)
This item SOLD at 2018 Jan 21 @ 09:32UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Two large professionally framed, triple matted prints approximately 24" x 36" with autographs of the Enola Gay crew which bombed Hiroshima, by William S. Phillips. Signed by Paul Tibbetts the command pilot, Tom Ferebee the bombardier, Dutch Van Kirk the navigator, Bob Karen the tailgunner, Richard Nelson, the radio operator and Philips. Bock's Car bombed Nagasaki and is signed by Charles Albury pilot, Fred Olivi copilot, James Van Pelt Navigator, John Kuharek flight engineer, Raymond Gallagher asst. flight engineer and Craig Kudera artist. "In 1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt had established the "Manhattan Engineer District" for the purpose of developing an atomic bomb. By 1944 development of the bomb was under way and the B-29 bomber was selected to deliver the weapon. General Henry "Hap" Arnold, Commander Army Air Forces, named Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. to head the select team. Only Tibbets knew the mission of the 509th Composite Group, and he chose Wendover Field, Utah, for training because of its isolation, the need for security, and the wide open spaces available for training. The hurried departure of the 72nd fighter wing made room for the 393rd Bombardment Squadron (B-29) to be moved to Wendover in September 1944. This move was made without explanation and on short notice, and the 393rd was to become the core of the project to deliver the atomic bomb" .www.wendoverairbase.com Date: Location: HWAC# 58208