Paul Tibbets

Paul Tibbets (February 23, 1915 – November 1, 2007), United States Air Force brigadier general most noted as the pilot of the Enola Gay of World War II, authentic autographed copy of the cover of the New York Times following the Enola Gay's historic 1945 mission.

The Enola Gay, named for Tibbets' mother, was the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in the history of warfare on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The attack on Hiroshima and the subsequent bombing of Nagasaki, which remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history, served to avoid a costly invasion of the Japanese mainland and facilitated the end of the War.

Fine condition.