Documents including Autographs

Sale 109    28–30 Jul 2015   Dixson Room,   Sydney

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Lot 4116    Session 12 (11.30am Thursday)    Documents including Autographs

Estimate $180
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $120

THOMAS FEREBEE USAF BOMBARDIER'S SIGNATURE, on Japanese ten dollars issued for invasion of Malaya, banknote signed on bottom front in ink, 'Thomas W. Ferebee. Bombardier of Enola Gay, Aug 6. 1945' and on reverse bottom is printed in pencil, 'L. Pruett - 25.00 - July - 1984'. Banknote is virtually uncirculated, certificate of authenticity grading is fine.

With letter of authenticity of PSA/DNA Autograph Authentication Team and certificate of authenticity of RR Auction.

Major Thomas W. Ferebee was the United States Air Force bombardier on the B-29 Superfortress, Enola Gay, that dropped the atomic bomb, codenamed 'Little Boy', on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on the morning of 6 August 1945. Ferebee retired from the Air Force in 1970 as a Colonel.

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