A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. This is his life story, from childhood, through his military career, civilian life with a private aviation company, his retirement and his feelings looking back on the dropping of the bomb. On the morning of 6 August 1945, COL Tibbets flew the Enola Gay into the future by dropping the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. COL Tibbets was solely responsible for the organization, training, and command of the world's first nuclear strike force. Black buckram boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. DJ: Near Fine light edge bumping to head and upper tops. Book Condition: Near Fine pages 248 and 249 were stuck together at the fore edge and have been separated leaving a small scar on the paper and a small wave in the paper. Mid Coast Marketing/A Paul Tibbets Book, Columbus, OH. TO those who ask, I quickly reply, 'Not in the least': (Paul W. Likewise, I have been asked in letters and to my face if I was not conscious stricken for the loss of life I caused by dropping the first atomic bomb. The intervening years has brought me many letters and personal contacts with individuals who maintain that they would not be alive if it had not been for what I did. Enola Gay Boeing B-29 on 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, became the first aircraft to. b-29 superfortress flying away from the explosion of the atomic bomb. In fact, I viewed my mission as one to save lives rather than take them. Browse 196 enola gay plane stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. To me it mean putting an end to the fighting and the consequent loss of lives. "On Augas the Enola Gay approached the Japanese city of Hiroshima, I fervently hoped for success in the first use of a nuclear type weapon. Albury, Co-Pilot, 'The Great Artiste' Hiroshima 8-6-45, Bockscar, Nagasaki 8-9-45." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Presentation copy, signed by Tibbets and five fellow American WWII aviators, "Paul Tibbets", "Dutch Van Kirk", "Morris Jeppson, Weapon Test Officer, Enola Gay Mission", "Jack Widowsky, Navigator - 'Top Secret'", "Russ Gackenbach, Nav - Necessary Evil, Hiroshima, 6 Aug. Collectible.įirst edition of Tibbets' account of the bombing of Hiroshima. To those who ask, I quickly reply, 'Not in the least.'" - Publisher.
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In fact, I viewed my mission as one to save lives rather than take them. To me it meant putting an end to the fighting and the consequent loss of lives. "On August 6, 1945, as the Enola Gay approached the Japanese city of Hiroshima, I fervently hoped for success in the first use of a nuclear type weapon. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author Paul Tibbets. Cloth, 339 pages, 21 unnumbered pages of plates, illustrations 24 cm.