[Enola Gay].
Signed Color Lithograph of the Enola Gay with Three Signed Photographs. Attractive Color Lithograph of a painting of the Enola Gay in flight high above a broken peninsula off Japan. Approximately 29 x 23", n.d., with a printed legend at bottom which reads:
" Atomic Warfare is Born
Precisely at 17 seconds past 8:15 a.m. on 6 August, 1945, Colonel Paul W.Tibbets and the crew of the ENOLA GAY,
a B-29-45-MO, released the first atomic weapon, nicknamed "Little Boy." Forty-three seconds later, Hiroshima ceased
to exist as a city, and the course of warfare changed forever. "
Rendered in pale blues, greys, light greens, ocher, and earthy clay tones, the lithograph is signed in full by three of the crew members of the first atomic mission: pilot Paul W. Tibbets, bombardier Thomas W. Ferebee and navigator Theodore J. Van Kirk.
Accompanied by Three Signed Photographs of crew members of the Enola Gay, each a Black & White, 8 x 10" image, including a composed headshot of pilot Paul W. Tibbets; an old-fashioned seated portrait of youthful tail gunner George R. Caron; and a smiling headshot of the boyish navigator Theodore J. Van Kirk. Each is dressed in military uniform. All have signed in full in dark blue ink.
Fine. All items are in fine condition.
Estimated Value $500-750.
