Theodore 'Dutch' Van Kirk, the last remaining crew member of the B-29 Superfortress that delivered the atomic bomb to Hiroshima, gives a first-person account of the airplane, crew and target selection, as well as the training for the historic mission.

Enola Gay: SuperFortress

Enola Gay: The Mission

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Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, the navigator of the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb used as a weapon of war on Hiroshima, Japan, offers his first-person account of historic mission, flown on August 6, 1945.

Examining the U.S. mission to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during WWII.

Enola Gay: SuperFortress

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