Oct 27, 2022 - Sale 2619

Sale 2619 - Lot 61

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(WORLD WAR II--ENOLA GAY--BOCKSCAR.) Color photograph Signed and Inscribed by 5 crew members from Enola Gay and three from Bockscar. The photograph, showing the nose of Enola Gay on an airfield with a full view of Bockscar's flank in the distance. Inscribed in the image, along left and lower edges. 8x12 inches; minor dings at lower right. Vp, [1997-99]
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Additional Details

Enola Gay crew: Paul Tibbets ("Paul Tibbets, Pilot / To Hiroshima, / 6 Aug, 1945") • Thomas Ferebee ("Tom Ferebee. Bombadier. Enola Gay / 6 Aug. 1945") • Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk ("Dutch Van Kirk / Navigation. Enola Gay / 6 Aug 1945") • Richard Nelson ("Richard Nelson / Radio / Enola Gay / Hiroshima 6. Aug 1945") • Morris Jeppson ("Morris R. Jeppson / Weapon Test Office / Enola Gay Mission / 6 Aug. 1945").
Bockscar crew: Charles Sweeney ("Major Charles Sweeney / A/C Bock's Car 9 Aug 45") • Charles Albury ("Capt. C.D. Albury Co-Pilot / Bockscar / Aug. 9, 1945") • Frederick Ashworth ("Frederick L. Ashworth / Commander US Navy / Weaponeer Bockscar / 9 Aug. 45").
Provenance: Theodore J. Van Kirk; thence by gift to present owner.