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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets

Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets

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Enola Gay: Paul Tibbets

Two different souvenir typescripts on light blue 8.5 x 11 sheets. The first is a copy of a memo declaring that “The 509 Composite Group, 20th Air Force will deliver its first special bomb as soon as weather will permit visual bombing after about 3 August 1945 on one of the targets: Hiroshima, Kokura, Niigata and Nagasaki…,” signed across the top in blue felt tip, “Paul Tibbets—Pilot, Enola Gay, 6 Aug 45”; and the second features the front page of the New York Times, dated August 7, 1945, announcing the “First Atomic Bomb Dropped on Japan,” signed across the top in blue felt tip. In fine condition. RR Auction COA.

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  • Dates: #387 - Ended May 16, 2012