April 12, 2024
Enola Gay,Hiroshima,Navigators, Van Kirk, Gackenbach
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Hello, What I am listing Is a great photo of the Hiroshima Mushroom Cloud taken from the Flight Deck of the 509th Composite Group B29 Photo Plane, V-91 "Necessary Evil" At the time the photo was taken the B29 was 12-15 miles from the cloud. You could see how fast It Is rising. The photo has been actually autographed by the Navigator of the Enola Gay, Dutch Van Kirk and the Navigator of V-91 Russ Gackenbach, who took the photo. H is plane accompanied the Enola Gay and autographed as such. I am their "agent" for book and photo signings when we do road trips. Dutch and Russ autograph books and photos from my collection. There Is a strip of paper over the photo to prevent copying. Please note the quality of this photo and bold signatures. This photo Is reproduced from an original negative. The autographs on the photo was autographed with a silver pen and a blue Lumicolor pen which offsets the photo very nicely. HANDSIGNED!!! The photo Is an 8x10 photo on glossy photo paper, this Is not a scanned photo. You are purchasing from an Historian who researched 509th Composite Group photos for 25 years. Most photos being sold were "unearthed" by me. I have sold to collectors, historians and dealers. All my photo work was done by a professional street level brick and mortar photo lab. All our photos are sharp, clear as good as originals or
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