75 Years Ago: The Flight of the Enola Gay | Natnal Air and Space Mm

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• MORRIS JEPPSON, AIRMAN WHO FLEW ON THE ENOLA GAY, DI AT 87
• MORRIS JEPPSON, AIRMAN WHO FLEW ON THE ENOLA GAY, DI AT 87
• MORRIS JEPPSON, AIRMAN WHO FLEW ON THE ENOLA GAY, DI AT 87
• MORRIS JEPPSON, AIRMAN WHO FLEW ON THE ENOLA GAY, DI AT 87
• THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB
• MORRIS R. JEPPSON | ENOLA GAY CREWMAN, 87
• MORRIS JEPPSON, ENOLA GAY CREWMAN WHO HELPED ARM ATOMIC BOMB DI
• ENOLA GAY NOSE - AUTOGRAPHED AND SIGNED BY DUTCH VANKIRK & DICK JEPPSON, WH ARTIFACT, RELIC
• ENOLA GAY LTLE BOY BOMB MOL SIGNED PL TIBBETS DUTCH VANKIRK MORRIS JEPPSON
• ENOLA GAY AIRMAN DICK JEPPSON-AUTOGRAPH LTR SIGNED

MORRIS JEPPSON, AIRMAN WHO FLEW ON THE ENOLA GAY, DI AT 87

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMorris Jeppson, Airman Who Flew on the Enola Gay, Di at 87April 7, 2010Morris R. Jeppson, an Army Air Forc electronics specialist who helped arm the atomic bomb aboard the Enola Gay as flew to Hiroshima, died March 30 at a hospal Las Vegas.

Jeppson, who was 87 and lived Las Vegas, was the next-to-last survivor of the 12 men who rried out history’s first atomic ath was announced by his wife, the Enola Gay lifted off om the island of Tian the South Pacific the early hours of Aug.

Parsons of the Navy, the officer overall ntrol of the uranium bomb known as Ltle Boy, Litenant Jeppson checked s circus, timg vic and radar a flawls six-and-a-half-hour flight, the bomb systems workg perfectly, the Enola Gay’s pilot, Col.

MORRIS JEPPSON, AIRMAN WHO FLEW ON THE ENOLA GAY, DI AT 87

The bomb was dropped at 8:15 the morng and explod 43 sends later, creatg an ferno that left tens of thoands ad or the Enola Gay returned to Tian, Litenant Jeppson went to dner.

MORRIS JEPPSON, AIRMAN WHO FLEW ON THE ENOLA GAY, DI AT 87

He divid his time between Wendover and the New Mexi sert before partg for Tian and the fal preparatns to drop the the bomb tonated above Hiroshima, the Enola Gay’s tailgunner was the only crewman who wnsed the explosn, Mr. Jeppson sought to ctn off Enola Gay souvenirs he had brought back wh him: a green electronic plug signed to prevent an accintal tonatn flight, and a spare among the red plugs that armed the bomb and were stroyed when explod.

; his stepsons, Mike Sullivan of Pahmp, Nev., and John Sullivan of Lakeport, Calif., and a stepdghter, Jane Ross, of Midland, Ontar; a brother, Lawrence, of Salt Lake Cy; 11 grandchildren; and 10 Jeppson’s ath leav Theodore Van Kirk, 89, the Enola Gay’s navigator, as the plane’s last survivor. A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 22 of the New York edn wh the headle: Morris Jeppson, 87, Airman Who Flew on the Enola Gay. LOS ANGELES — Morris "Dick" Jeppson, a weapons specialist who was mid-flight when he pleted armg the first atomic bomb, which the Enola Gay B-29 Superfortrs dropped on Hiroshima World War II, has died.

MORRIS JEPPSON, AIRMAN WHO FLEW ON THE ENOLA GAY, DI AT 87

Navigator Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, 89, the only survivg member of the 12-man Enola Gay crew, told the Los Angel Tim that Jeppson was "quiet, efficient and bslike" durg the missn.

THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY ON DROPPG THE ATOMIC BOMB

It was the first ary un formed to wage nuclear the end of the Enola Gay missn, Jeppson kept a few of the plugs that signified his role the bombg. On Augt 6, 1945, the B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the cy of Hiroshima.

MORRIS R. JEPPSON | ENOLA GAY CREWMAN, 87

"Colonel Ferebee died Florida 2000, at the age of Air Force radar specialist Jab Ber was the only man who served on both the Enola Gay the Hiroshima bombg missn and the Bock's Car three days later when s crew bombed Nagasaki.

"Stiborik died of a heart attack 1984 at age Jeppson was only 23 years old when he was assigned to acpany the atomic bomb on the Enola Gay.

Richard Nelson was the youngt of the Enola Gay crew. "Nelson died om emphysema 2003 at age Gay tail gunner Bob Caron wrote a book about the missn lled Fire of a Thoand Suns.

MORRIS JEPPSON, ENOLA GAY CREWMAN WHO HELPED ARM ATOMIC BOMB DI

He was 75 years Duzenbury kept tabs on the Enola Gay's eng and other systems while others tend the bomb and the missn self.

ENOLA GAY NOSE - AUTOGRAPHED AND SIGNED BY DUTCH VANKIRK & DICK JEPPSON, WH ARTIFACT, RELIC

"Duzenbury died 1992 at age Shumard assisted flight engeer Wyatt Duzenbury keepg the Enola Gay nng. He armed the first atomic bomb while the Enola Gay was airborne. He was upset that manr Pl Tibbets had named his plane the Enola Gay.

Jeppson, an Army Air Forc electronics specialist who helped arm the atomic bomb aboard the Enola Gay as flew to Hiroshima, died March 30 at a hospal Las Jeppson, who was 87 and lived Las Vegas, was the next-to-last survivor of the 12 men who rried out history's first atomic ath, announced by his wife, Molly, leav Theodore Van Kirk, 89, the Enola Gay's navigator, as that flight crew's last Richard Jeppson was born June 23, 1922, Logan, Utah. Morris Jeppson, Enola Gay crewman who helped arm atomic bomb di | WWII Foms. Enola Gay crewman who helped arm atomic bomb di - Yahoo!

LAS VEGAS – Morris Jeppson, a weapons tt officer aboard the Enola Gay who helped arm the atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima, has died a Las Vegas hospal. Molly Jeppson scribed her hband as a "great, wonrful" man who spoke wh her and their children about his role aboard the Enola Gay. Jeppson's ath means navigator Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk is the Enola Gay's last survivg crewman.

ENOLA GAY LTLE BOY BOMB MOL SIGNED PL TIBBETS DUTCH VANKIRK MORRIS JEPPSON

Dang, I had not known that Dutch Van Kirk was the last survivor of the Enola Gay left? Enola Gay is a Boeg B-29 Superfortrs bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of pilot Pl Tibbets.

Prt is personally signed by Enola Gay Navigator Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk and Weapons Tt Officer Morris Jeppson.

ENOLA GAY AIRMAN DICK JEPPSON-AUTOGRAPH LTR SIGNED

The exhib markg the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II featurg the refurbished B-29 Enola Gay proposed by the Smhsonian's Natnal Air and Space Mm rulted fierce ntroversy over how history should reprent droppg an atom bomb on Japan. Experience the evolutn of the Enola Gay ntroversy by readg through a chronologil list of documents divid to five rounds:. The ntroversy over how the Enola Gay should reprent history gradually be history self.