BOCKSCAR: Signed 8 x 10 photograph by two crew... Lot 965

BOCKSCAR: Signed 8 x 10 photograph by two crew members of the Bockscar B-29 bomber aircraft individually, comprising Charles W. Sweeney (1919-2004) American Major General in the United States Army Air Forces, pilot of the Bockscar, the second aircraft to drop an atomic bomb, Nagasaki, 9th August 1945, and Frederick Ashworth (1912-2005) American Vice Admiral with the United States Navy who served as the weaponeer of the Bockscar, the image depicting the mushroom cloud following the explosion of the Fat Boy bomb on Nagasaki. Signed by Sweeney in bold blue ink and by Ashworth in bold red ink, both to clear areas of the image, also adding their ranks and date of the bombing etc. in their hands beneath their signatures. VG