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[ATOMIC BOMB]. Photograph of Enola Gay and Bockscar, SIGNED by 11 crew members. 1945.
[ATOMIC BOMB]. Photograph of Enola Gay and Bockscar, SIGNED by 11 crew members. 1945.
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[ATOMIC BOMB]. Photograph of Enola Gay and Bockscar, SIGNED by crew members. 1945

8 x 11 3/4 in., color photograph. Provenance: Acquired Max Rambod, Inc.

The only known photograph to depict the two B-29 bombers responsible for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki together, SIGNED BY 11 MEMBERS OF THE ENOLA GAY AND BOCKSCAR CREWS INCLUDING PAUL TIBBETS, MORRIS JEPPSEN, "DUTCH" VAN KIRK, TOM FEREBEE, RICHARD H. NELSON, FRED J. OLIVER, RAY GALLAGHER, CHARLES W. SWEENEY, CHARLES ALBURY, FREDERICK ASHWORTH, AND JOHN D. KUHAREK.

The Enola Gay and Bockscar bombers entered the annals of world history on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively, when they dropped the first and (to this point) only atomic bombs ever used in wartime on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings are believed to have killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most civilians.
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[ATOMIC BOMB]. Photograph of Enola Gay and Bockscar, SIGNED by 11 crew members. 1945.

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