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Lewis during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in warfare.
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On 6 August 1945, piloted by Tibbets and Robert A. Theodore 'Dutch' Van Kirk, the last living crew member of the B-29. The Enola Gay ( / nol /) is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets. Theodore 'Dutch' Van Kirk, the last living crew member. Theodore 'Dutch' Van Kirk talks about the flight of the Enola Gay at his home in Stone Mountain, Georgia in July 2005. ATLANTA The last surviving member of the crew that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, hastening the end of World War II and forcing the world into the atomic age, has died in Georgia. Upon the death of fellow crewman Morris Jeppson on March 30, 2010, Van Kirk became the last surviving member of the Enola. Theodore Jerome Dutch Van Kirk FebruJwas 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 HiroshimaUpon the death of fellow crewman Morris Jeppson on MaVan Kirk became the last surviving member of the Enola Gay crew. Theodore 'Dutch' Van Kirk talks about the flight of the Enola Gay at his home in Stone Mountain, Georgia in July 2005. Theodore Jerome 'Dutch' Van Kirk (Febru July 28, 2014) 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.