April 30 Sports / May 1 Americana

Lot #821:

Hiroshima Explosion 16x20 Photo Signed by Enola Gay Navigator Dutch Van Kirk (PSA/DNA)

Offered is a 16x20 inch photo of the mushroom cloud after the atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima signed by the Navigator on the bomber Enola Gay. Navigator Dutch Van Kirk has signed and inscribed the photo. Kirk was the navigator of the B-29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay (named after pilot Paul Tibbetts' mother) when it dropped Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Accompanied by LOA from PSA/DNA. Near Mint to Mint condition.