Enola Gay Interest.- Typed quotation signed by Paul Tibbets

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Enola Gay Interest.- Typed quotation signed by Paul Tibbets

On a yellow sheet headed "General Paul Tibbets Reflections on Hiroshima," which reads, in full: "'…the morality of the dropping that bomb was not my business. I was instructed to perform a military mission…and that was the thing I was going to do to the best of my ability", signed by Tibbets in blue ink, in fine condition.

Dimensions:8 x 10"/ 20.5 x 25.5cm

Provenance:

RR Auction, Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 5 December 2018, lot no. 541

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Enola Gay Interest.- Typed quotation signed by Paul Tibbets

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Estimate £100-£150

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