Jacob Beser Autograph

Jacob Beser (May 15, 1921 – June 17, 1992) was a lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces who served during World War II. Beser was the radar specialist aboard the Enola Gay on August 6, 1945, when it dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, Beser was a crewmember aboard Bockscar when the Fat Man bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. He was the only person to have served as a strike crew member of both of the 1945 atomic bomb missions. More about Jacob Beser

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Jacob Beser grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, where he attended the Baltimore City College (high school) graduating in June 1938. Beser then studied mechanical engineering at The Johns Hopkins University, also in Baltimore, but dropped out the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor to enlist in the Army Air Forces. He was Jewish and extremely restless to get into the fight against Hitler. Because of his training and educational background Beser was sent to Los Alamos and worked on the Manhattan Project in the area of weapons firing and fusing. There, he met or worked with various luminaries in the Manhattan Project, such as Robert B. Brode, Norman Ramsey, Niels Bohr, Enrico Fermi, Edward Doll, and General Leslie Groves.

The unit that dropped the atomic bombs, 509th Composite Group, was activated at Wendover Army Air Field, Utah, December 17, 1944. The crews trained with practice bombs called "pumpkins" because of their size and shape. The pumpkins were useful for training, having been designed to have the same aerodynamic qualities of the Fat Man atomic bomb. The 509th deployed to Tinian in the Marianas in May 1945. It was a self-contained unit, with personnel strength of about 1,770 soldiers, mechanics, specialists and aviators. It consisted of the 393rd Bomber Squadron, the 320th Troop Carrier Squadron, the 390th Air Service Group, the 603rd Air Engineering Squadron, the 1027th Air Materiel Squadron, the 1395th Military Police Company, and the First Ordnance Squadron (in charge of handling the atomic bombs). Read even more about Jacob Beser at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Jacob Beser

The most expensive item with a signature of Jacob Beser (A-Bomb Enola Gay Crew Signed Card With Rare Jacob Beser) was sold in August 2011 for $750.00 while the cheapest item (JACOB BESER Enola Gay Hiroshima Signed (2) Autograph 8.5 x 11 Letter - d. 1992) found a new owner for $0.99 in December 2019. The month with the most items sold (2) was January 2008 with an average selling price of $35.48 for an autographed item of Jacob Beser. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2022 with $300.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $16.25 was February 2008. In average, an autographed item from Jacob Beser is worth $39.50.

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thumbnailCharles Albury, Jacob Beser Bockscar Crew Members Autographed First Day Cover$65.95logo
thumbnailENOLA GAY Atomic Bomb Lieut Jacob Beser Radar Specialist Autographed Photo$19.99logo
thumbnailEnola Gay's Jacob Beser Signed Photo COA$29.99logo
thumbnailJacob Beser d. 1992 & Charles Albury d. 2009 signed autograph Cover Bockscar PSA$175.00logo
thumbnailJACOB BESER ENOLA GAY BOCKSCAR ATOMIC BOMB CREWS WWII AUTOGRAPH SIGNED BOOK $129.99logo
thumbnailJACOB BESER ENOLA GAY BOCKSCAR ATOMIC BOMB CREWS WWII AUTOGRAPH SIGNED BOOK $70.00logo
thumbnailJACOB BESER ENOLA GAY RADAR OPERATOR SIGNED PHOTO$31.00logo
thumbnailJacob Beser posing in front of Enola Gay photo signed by 4 crew!! Lot 67$300.00logo
thumbnailJacob Beser signed calling Card BAS Authenticated Nagasaki Hiroshima$46.95logo
thumbnailJacob Beser, Kermit Beahan & Charles Albury signed autograph Bockscar PSA Slab$300.00logo
thumbnailJACOB BESER--HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI-CREW MEMBER- ATOMIC BOMBS-SIGNED COVER$24.99logo
thumbnailJACOB BESER-CREW MEMBER-HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMBS-SIGNED PAMPHLET$49.99logo
thumbnailLieutenant Jacob Beser Enola Gay Autographed Photograph$30.00logo
thumbnailWWII Jacob Beser's book Hiroshima & Nagasaki not signed$19.99logo
thumbnailWWII LIEUT. JACOB BESER - ENOLA GAY - B29 - RADAR SPECIALIST - SIGNED PHOTO $34.99logo