Auction 103
Fall Historical Militaria & Autographs
Oct 3, 2021
227 E Main St, Elkton, MD 21921, United States
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Join us for our fall historical militaria and autograph auction featuring over 600 lots of historical militaria collectibles, documents, vintage autographs. This auction also includes 1936 Olympic Games and Zeppelin memorabilia.
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LOT 29:
GEORGE R. CARON SIGNED HIROSHIMA EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT(1919 - 1995) Tail gunner of the famed B-29 bomber Enola ...
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Sold for: $300
Start price:
$
70
Estimated price:
$140 - $300
Buyer's Premium: 25%
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GEORGE R. CARON SIGNED HIROSHIMA EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
(1919 - 1995) 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 eyewitness account 'Hiroshima - I Saw It First', 39 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches, Buckeye Aviation Book Co., Ohio, 1993. Caron signed in blue ink on the first page. Taken from his eyewitness account for the US Air Force Academy Oral History Program in 1975.
