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.

Enola Gay: The Mission

Enola Gay: SuperFortress

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.

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

Enola Gay: The Mission

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