Paul Tibbets Signed Photograph.

TIBBETS, Paul W.

Item Number: 115883

Rare black and white photograph of Paul Tibbets aboard the Enola Gay, signed by him. In fine condition. It measures 8 inches by 10 inches.

Named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of pilot and aircraft commander Colonel Paul Tibbets, the Enola Gay became the first aircraft to drop an atomic weapon with the release of "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. The bomb resulted in the near complete destruction of the city, causing an estimated 160,000 immediate civilian casualties and thousands of subsequent deaths associated with radiation, starvation, and dehydration.