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Lot #336
Atomic Bomb: Enola Gay and Bock’s Car

Deadly duty: Twenty-five crew members from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki sign together

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Deadly duty: Twenty-five crew members from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki sign together

Extraordinary collection of twenty-four signatures (one in pencil) of crew members from the Enola Gay, Bock’s Car, and the instrument plane Great Artiste on two 8.5 x 11 sheets (one white, one off-white), most of the signers adding their position, aircraft, and mission dates. The signers are: Kermit K. Beahan, Ray Gallagher, James L. Van Pelt, Paul W. Tibbets, Fred Bock, Ralph Curry, Morris R. Jeppson, Fred J. Olivi, Jacob Beser, Theodore J. Van Kirk, James R. Corliss, George R. Caron, Tom Ferebee, R. H. Nelson, John D. Kuharek, Hugh C. Ferguson, Harold M. Agnew, Lawrence H. Johnston, Ralph Belanger, Leonard Godfrey, Charles W. Sweeney, Ralph D. Curry, Russell E. Gackenbach, and one other. In fine condition, with light horizontal fold and a touch of mild handling wear. R&R COA.

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