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Paul Tibbets Signed Color Print of the Enola Gay

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Paul Tibbets Signed Color Print of the Enola Gay
<B>Paul Tibbets Signed Color Print of the Enola Gay in Flight.</B></I> Artists rendering titled "Atomic Warfare is Born", 24" x 18", and showing the Enola Gay in flight on its mission to Hiroshima. Signed in blue ink "<I>Paul W. Tibbets - Pilot</B></I>"; with a printed caption detailing the mission beneath, reading in part: "Precisely at 17 seconds past 8:15 on 6 august, 1945, Colonel Paul W. Tibbets and the crew of the ENOLA GAY, 44-86292, a B-29-45-MO, released the first atomic weapon, nicknamed 'Little Boy'..." Very fine condition and ideal for framing and display.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Large (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)