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7095 - Hiroshima and Nagasaki (4) Signed Photographs: Thomas W. Ferebee, George Marquardt, and Fred Olivi
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki (4) Signed Photographs: Thomas W. Ferebee, George Marquardt, and Fred Olivi Four photos signed by crew members of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing missions: Two signed by Thomas W. Ferebee, bombardier of the Enola Gay: a 10 x 8 photo of the Enola Gay on its hardstand, signed in green felt tip, “Thomas W. Ferebee, Bombardier of Enola Gay”; and an 8 x 10 portrait of Ferebee in uniform, signed in ballpoint, “Thomas W. Ferebee, Col. USAF Ret., Bombardier of Enola Gay, Bombed Hiroshima Japan, Aug. 6, 1945.” Glossy 10 x 8 photo of the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima, signed on the reverse in ballpoint by George Marquardt, pilot of Necessary Evil, “#1 Taken by my navigator about 40 miles away from blast. The cloud coverage is about 30,000 ft. high. We were at 32,000. and the mushroom is probably 70,000 ft. George Marquardt, Maj., Pilot of #91, Aug 6, 1945, Hiroshima.” Taped below is a manila slip with a similar handwritten caption. Glossy 10 x 8 photo of a ‘Fat Man’ type atomic bomb with a printed caption, signed in ink by Fred J. Olivi, “Nagasaki Mission, 9 August 1945, Fred J. Olivi, Co-pilot B-29 ‘Bockscar.’” In overall very good to fine condition, with staple holes and a bend to the Marquardt photo.
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