Lot 790
Enola Gay Relic An exceedingly rare relic from the Enola Gay carried on the mission to bomb Hiroshima August 6, 1945 The item is an Emergency Sustenance Vest Type C 1 packet containing fishing gear clear plastic type with label and all gear measuring 3 x 3in x 1in The box is framed with photos of the bomb the Enola Gay and the explosion, and a notarized Als lp 4to May 27 1989 by Tail Gunner George Caron reading in part this is to certify that the packet was carried by me aboard the B 29 Enola Gay on Aug 6 1945 when we dropped the first Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima Japan It was to be used as a survival item if we ever had to ditch or parachute into the sea Possibly the only flight carried Enola Gay item in private hands
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