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Tibbetts (Paul) & Charles Sweeney

Tibbetts (Paul) & Charles Sweeney

Scarce black and white photograph showing a smiling Sweeney just after returning to Tinian following the Nagasaki mission, being warmly greeted by a smiling Tibbetts, his commander, signed by both pilots in blue ink, 10 x 8".

***Paul Tibbetts (1915-2007) Pilot of the “Enola Gay” which dropped 1st atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 1945. Charles Sweeney (1919-2004) US Army Air Force officer, piloted B-29 “Bockscar” carrying the “Fat Man” atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan Aug. 9, 1945.

(Quantity:1)

Dimensions: 20.3 x 25.4 cm

Sold for £126

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