Russell Gackenbach Signed 11" x 14" Photo Inscribed "Navigator - Necessary Evil" & "Hiroshima - 6 August 1945" (PSA COA)

Photo measures 11" x 14" in size and has been hand signed and inscribed in blue felt-tip pen by Russell Gackenbach (2nd Lt.).

Necessary Evil, also referred to as Plane #91, was the name of Boeing B-29-45-MO Superfortress 44-86291, (Victor 91), participating in the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

Assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron, 509th Composite Group, it was used as a camera plane to photograph the explosion and effects of the bomb, and to carry scientific observers. At the time of the attack the plane was not named and was known only by its 393d Victor number. The mission was flown by crew B-10, with Captain George Marquardt as aircraft commander.

The autograph includes an official PSA/DNA hologram and matching COA for authenticity purposes.

Authentication: PSA COA

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