Enola Gay logbook recording first A-bomb sells for over $500K at auction

The Enola Homosexual flight log that recorded the world’s first atomic bombing offered at public sale for $543,000 on Saturday.

The only in-flight documentation of the American bombing of Hiroshima was made by the Enola Homosexual’s co-pilot Capt. Robert E. Lewis, who was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Ridgefield Park, NJ. 

Lewis’ shock-and-awe account of the Aug. 6, 1945 mission was written in pen and pencil through the flight.

The documentation of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 was made by co-pilot Capt. Robert E. Lewis.
The documentation of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 was made by co-pilot Capt. Robert E. Lewis.
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His shock and awe account was written in pen and pencil.
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Bidding began at $400,000. The profitable bidder requested to stay nameless, public sale officers stated.

The world’s first atomic bomb obliterated Hiroshima, killing 140,000 folks. Three days later, the U.S. dropped a second nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, killing 70,000 folks.

A page from the Enola Gay's logbook.
A web page from the Enola Homosexual’s logbook.
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Bidding starts at $400,000 for the logbook.
Bidding began at $400,000 for the logbook.
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Minor edgewear, minor chipping to a few leaves but not affecting text, wrappers and text block lightly toned, light scattered dampstaining to the upper and lower covers, ink and pencil mark corrections throughout, chiefly in Lewis's hand with pencil corrections in the hand of William L. Laurence, journalist.
The log e-book beforehand offered for $350,000.
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This image provided by the Museum of World War II Boston shows the operations order for Hiroshima, dated Aug. 5, 1945.
This picture supplied by the Museum of World Battle II Boston reveals the operations order for Hiroshima, dated Aug. 5, 1945.
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American leaders believed the strikes — which led to Japan’s give up every week afterward Aug. 15 — preempted what would have been a protracted land invasion of Japan that might have value 1 million American lives.

The log e-book beforehand offered for $350,000 at a March 2002 public sale in The Large Apple, It was from the gathering of late monetary writer Malcolm Forbes on the time.

The e-book was offered by an nameless consignor on public sale platform Heritage Auctions.

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