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Souvenir ''Time'' magazine cover signed by 7 crew members of the Boeing B-29 planes that dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Enola Gay crew sign: ''Paul Tibbets pilot / B29 ENOLA GAY'', ''Dutch Van Kirk / Navigator - Enola Gay / Hiroshima - 6 Aug 1945'', ''Morris Jeppson / Weapon Test Officer / Enola Gay Mission'' and ''Richard H. Nelson / RADIO OPERATOR / ENOLA GAY''. The Boskscar crew sign: ''Charles W. Sweeney / Pilot 'BocksCar' gang 45'', ''Fred J. Olivi / Co-pilot 'Bockscar''' and ''Frederick Ashworth / Commander USA Navy / 'Weaponeer' - Bockscar / Nagasaki - 9 Aug 45''. The original signatures surround the printed image of the 20 August 1945 ''Time'' cover. Headlines printed on the border read: ''August 6th & 9th, 1945 - Atom Bombs End War'' and ''The 'B-29' Heroes Hiroshima & Nagasaki''. Single page on heavy paper measures 8.5'' x 11''. In fine condition.
Souvenir ''Time'' Magazine Cover Signed by ''B-29 Heroes'' of Enola Gay & Bockscar
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