[ATOMIC BOMB]: ALBURY CHARLES (1920-2009) American Captain w...

[ATOMIC BOMB]: ALBURY CHARLES (1920-2009) American Captain with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, co-pilot of the B-29 bomber Bockscar which dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, 9th August 1945. Three days earlier, on 6th August 1945, Albury had participated in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima as he witnessed the events as pilot of the instrument observation plane The Great Artiste which accompanied the Enola Gay piloted by Paul Tibbets. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Albury seated in a full-length pose in the cockpit of his aircraft. Signed in bold blue ink to a clear area of the image, 'To my friend Ben, Capt. C D Albury, Pilot ''Bockscar'', Nagasaki, Aug. 9, 1945'. EX