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Lot n° 1360

ENOLA GAY:

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ENOLA GAY: A multiple signed colour 24 x 18 print by three crew members of the Enola Gay, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6th August 1945 towards the end of World War II, comprising Paul W. Tibbets (pilot and aircraft commander), Theodore 'Dutch' Van Kirk (navigator), and Thomas Ferebee (bombardier), the print entitled Atomic Warfare is Born and featuring an image of the Enola Gay in flight, reproduced from a painting by the artist Harley Copic and published by the Buckeye Aviation Book Company. Signed by Tibbets, Van Kirk and Ferebee in bold blue inks with their names alone to the lower white border. Rolled. A few very minor, light stains to the right border, otherwise VG