A knee injury kept him from service in the infantry but he was accepted into flight training. After training for a small position with the Boston Red Sox and not making the team, he joined the Army. Talented in athletics since childhood, he earned awards in track, basketball, and football. In 1935, at age 17, he attended Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, NC. Thomas Wilson Ferebee was born on a farm outside Mocksville, North Carolina, as the third of eleven children. Ferebee (Novem– March 16, 2000) was the bombardier aboard the B-29 Superfortress, Enola Gay, who dropped the atomic bomb, 'Little Boy', on Hiroshima in 1945. EITHER WAY, IT SHOULD WORK WELL IN YOUR COLLECTION UNTIL YOU CAN UPGRADE IT WITH A NM-MINT ONE DOWN THE ROAD. THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER WAS BENT ABOUT 1' ACROSS THE BOTTOM AND ABOUT 1' UP FROM THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER.
It's a classic, signed photo for the SERIOUS World War II buff. ~~Tom Ferebee, Bombardier of the 'Enola Gay' Autographed 8x10 w/ COA.DECEASEDĨx10 autographed photo by the late Tom Ferebee.bombardier of the 'Enola Gay' which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Tom Ferebee Enola Gay World War II Autographed Signed 8x10 COA DECEASED
