AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
Dec 3, 2021
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 1126:

ENOLA GAY: A paperback edition of Flight of the Enola Gay by Paul W. Tibbets, published by the Buckeye Aviation ...

Sold for: €140
Start price:
150
Estimated price :
€150 - €200
Buyer's Premium: 25.5%
VAT: 17% On commission only
Auction took place on Dec 3, 2021 at International Autograph Auctions

ENOLA GAY: A paperback edition of Flight of the Enola Gay by Paul W. Tibbets, published by the Buckeye Aviation Book Company, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, 1989, individually signed by Paul Tibbets (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, 6th August 1945, Thomas Ferebee (1918-2000) American Colonel in the United States Air Force, bombardier of the Enola Gay and Theodore J. Van Kirk (1921-2014) American Major in the United States Army Air Forces, navigator of the Enola Gay. All three crew members have signed with their names alone in blue inks beneath a frontispiece portrait depicting them standing together in full length poses, wearing their uniforms, alongside the Enola Gay. About EX