The B-29 Superfortress lifted off Tinian Island at 2:45AM for the six and one half hour flight to Hiroshima. Tibbets, of the 509th Bomber Group and pilot of the Enola Gay, received his orders and in the early morning hours roared down a runway bound for Hiroshima. Check has been completely made out and signed by Colonel Ferebee in back ink and is in FINE condition. Thomas Ferebee check dated 12/01/98 from Nations Bank for $139.55 made out to MBNA. Check has been completely made out and signed by General Tibbets in blue ink and is in FINE condition. Paul Tibbets check dated Mafrom Bank One for $91.66 made out to USAA Federal Savings Bank. To those who ask, I quickly reply, 'Not in the least.'" - Publisher. 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. 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. Fine Condition The photographs shown in the listing are for display purposes only and not included in the sale. It melted granite and vaporized people leaving only their shadows on the few remaining buildings left standing in the city after the blast. The firebomb that erupted was equivalent of thirteen thousand tons of TNT and thousands of degrees hotter than the surface of the sun.
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At 31,600 feet, with a ground speed of 328 m.p.h., a bomb weighing 9,700 pounds, containing 137.5 pounds of Uranium 235 was released. JAMES SPENCE Authentication JSA Letter Of Authenticity On August 6th, 1945 Colonel Paul W. This letter has been signed by General Tibbets in blue ink and has normal mailing folds otherwise in FINE condition.
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Hope I have been of some help - Best wishes. Namely, that it was necessary to prevent a greater loss of life if an invasion had taken place. If I had any comment pertaining to Hiroshima it is that I hope people will look at it as we did years ago. The letter is dated 14 November 1997 and reads as follows "Dear Master Walton. Historically significant content in this typed letter personally signed by General Paul W. At 31,600 feet, with a ground speed of 328 mph, a bomb weighing 9,700 pounds, containing 137.5 pounds of Uranium 235 was released. The check has been personally signed THREE times. Bank check dated 14 September 1995 from Bank One for $600.00 and made out to Paul W.
Bank check dated 20 April 1992 from Bank One for $124.07 made out to SHELL OIL CO.