What was the crew of the enola gay called
Tom VanKirk said he and his siblings are very fortunate to have had such a wonderful father who remained active until the end of his life.
The bomb killed 140,000 in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki three days later. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. On August 5, during preparation for the first atomic mission, Tibbets had the plane named after his mother, Enola Gay Tibbets. Van Kirk was the navigator aboard the Enola Gay, a B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped an atomic bomb called 'Little Boy' on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. VanKirk was the navigator of the Enola Gay, a B-29 Superfortress aircraft that dropped "Little Boy" - the world's first atomic bomb - over the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named for Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, who selected the aircraft while it was still on the assembly line. Theodore VanKirk, also known as "Dutch," died Monday of natural causes at the retirement home where he lived in Stone Mountain, Georgia, his son Tom VanKirk said. (AP Photo/The Macon Telegraph, Beau Cabell, File) He was the last surviving member of the Enola Gay crew. While there are plenty of Enola Gay autographs on the market, due to their American popularity and their long lives after the war, what is rare is Enola Gay memorabilia that was owned by the famous crew. Tom VanKirk says his 93-year-old father died at the retirement home where he lived in Georgia on Monday, July 28, 2014. To buy, sell or consign Enola Gay memorabilia, please email email protected or call Nate D. The navigator for the Enola Gay spoke about his experience guiding the aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb. Up to then, the bomber was identified by side number 82 stenciled on its aft fuselage, but it had not been given a name. In this file photo, Theodore "Dutch'' VanKirk visits a veteran's group at the Golden Corral in Macon, Ga.
CALL 800 IMAGERY (8) LIMITED ROYALTY-FREE LICENSES. To learn more, contact us or call to talk to a representative. From left, standing: Lt Col John Porter, ground maintenance officer on B-29 Enola Gay which atom bombed hiroshima. ATLANTA - The last surviving member of the crew that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima has died in Georgia. The crew of the Enola Gay, Northern Mariana Islands, 1945.