Theodore Van Kirk
American Air Force navigator; recipient of the Silver Star (1921-2014) · United States · Died at 93
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Something wrong?Theodore Jerome "Dutch" Van Kirk was a navigator in the United States Army Air Forces, best known as the navigator of the Enola Gay when it dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Upon the death of fellow crewman Morris Jeppson on March 30, 2010, Van Kirk became the last surviving member of the Enola Gay crew.
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Lived 1921 to 2014 · aged 93
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