[WWII - HIROSHIMA]. Over 180 signatures from the pilots and crew of the Enola Gay and Bockscar.

Binder containing signatures, modern photographs, ephemera, articles and more associated with the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in warfare, and Bockscar, the B-29 bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Signatures from Enola Gay crew include: Paul Tibbets, Commander; George R. Caron, Tail-Gunner; Thomas Ferebee, Bombardier; Theodore Van Kirk, Navigator; and Richard Nelson, Radar Operator. Signatures from Bockscar include: Charles Sweeney, Commander; Fred J. Olivi, Co-Pilot; and Jacob Beser, Electronic Countermeasures.

The Mike Miner World War II Autograph Collection

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[WWII - HIROSHIMA]. Over 180 signatures from the pilots and crew of the Enola Gay and Bockscar.

American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online

[WWII - HIROSHIMA]. Over 180 signatures from the pilots and crew of the Enola Gay and Bockscar.

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