Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, a navigator who on Aug. 6, 1945, guid the Enola Gay over Hiroshima to drop the first nuclear bomb the history of warfare, died Monday at an assisted livg facily Stone Mounta, Ga.
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- THEODORE “DUTCH” VAN KIRK, NAVIGATOR ON THE ENOLA GAY
- THEODORE VAN KIRK, 93, ENOLA GAY NAVIGATOR, DI
- THEODORE ‘DUTCH’ VAN KIRK, NAVIGATOR ON ENOLA GAY, DI AT 93
- WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
- ENOLA GAY
THEODORE “DUTCH” VAN KIRK, NAVIGATOR ON THE ENOLA GAY
Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, navigator on the Enola Gay, scrib arrivg at Wendover Field, Utah and figurg out that he would be takg part a missn to drop an atomic bomb. * navigator of enola gay *
Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, navigator on the Enola Gay, scrib arrivg at Wendover Field, Utah and figurg out that he would be takg part a missn to drop an atomic bomb.
THEODORE VAN KIRK, 93, ENOLA GAY NAVIGATOR, DI
* navigator of enola gay *
Air Force, via Agence France-Prs — Getty ImagJuly 29, 2014Theodore (Dutch) Van Kirk, the navigator and last survivg crew member of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortrs that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima the last days of World War II, died on Monday at his home Stone Mounta, Ga. 6, 1945, the Enola Gay, piloted by Col.
THEODORE ‘DUTCH’ VAN KIRK, NAVIGATOR ON ENOLA GAY, DI AT 93
After the Enola Gay beme the first plane to drop an atomic bomb — on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945 — the B-29 bomber stayed airborne. * navigator of enola gay *
From that spot, at the end of a long tunnel atop the bomb bays, he took the plane’s beargs, g a hand-held sextant to gui wh the the Enola Gay reached Iwo Jima as the sun rose, began an ascent to 31, 000 feet. Ferebee, said, “I got , ” announcg that the Enola Gay was over his aimg pot, the T-shaped Ai Bridge.
His navigatg skills had brought the Enola Gay to s target only a few sends behd schle at the ncln of a six-and-a-half-hour Ferebee released the bomb, known as Ltle Boy, and 43 sends later, at 1, 890 feet above ground zero, explod a nuclear ferno, leavg tens of thoands ad or dyg and turng Hiroshima to srched Cabell/The Telegraph, via Associated PrsColonel Tibbets executed a divg turn to avoid the blast effects, but the Enola Gay was buffeted by a pair of shock wav. ”A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 18 of the New York edn wh the headle: Theodore Van Kirk, 93, Enola Gay Navigator, Di.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
6, 1945, guid the Enola Gay over Hiroshima to drop the first nuclear bomb the history of warfare, died Monday at an assisted livg facily Stone Mounta, Ga.
ENOLA GAY
He was last survivg member of the Enola Gay’s 12-member crew, Van Kirk died of age-related , said his son Tom.