Auction 100 Historical Militaria and Autographs
Nov 28, 2020 (your local time)
USA
 PO Box 85, Elk Mills, MD 21920
Fairhill Auction is pleased to announce our fall auction featuring 260 lots of historical militaria and autographs.
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LOT 9:

GEORGE CARON ENOLA GAY

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GEORGE CARON ENOLA GAY
(1919-1994) Tail gunner of the famed B-29 bomber Enola Gay. Facing the rear of the B-29, he was the first to see the mushroom cloud. Caron was given a camera at the last moment and snapped a roll of photographs as the mushroom cloud ascended. His photographs of the explosion were printed on millions of leaflets that were dropped over Japan the next day. Signed 8 x 10 in. b/w photograph of Enola Gay Tail Gunner George Caron posing in his military uniform, signed in black ink 'George R. Caron'. Fine condition.

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