TIBBETS PAUL: (1915-2007) Lot n° 1120

TIBBETS PAUL: (1915-2007) American Brigadier General in the United States Air Force, pilot of the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb, Hiroshima, 6 th August 1945. Signed commemorative cover featuring a printed cachet image by Harrington of a bomb falling on Japan with the caption beneath ´Thanks for those bombs, they perfected our Ato-Mizer!!´. Postmarked by the United States Navy on 12th June n.y. Signed by Tibbets in blue ink to a clear area of the cover, also adding the words ´Pilot B29 Enola Gay to Hiroshima, 6 Aug 1945´ in his hand. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG