• Silver Star citation[edit]. Van Kirk, Theodore J. Captain, U.S. Army Air Forces. 393d Bombardment Squadron, 509th Composite Group, 20th Air Force.
  • Many watched as a B-17 plane did a flyover at the cemetery to honor Van Kirk. The plane then landed at the Sunbury Airport where it was on display for the public.
  • Theodore Van Kirk was born on 27 February 1921 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 28 July 2014 in Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA.
  • At 2.45am local time on 6 August 1945, Theodore Van Kirk, who has died aged 93, recorded in his logbook the take-off of the Boeing B29 Enola Gay from its...
  • Theodore Van Kirk was born on February 27, 1921 and died on July 29, 2014. Theodore was 93 years old at the time of death.
  • 140 bin insanın ölümüne neden olan atom bombasını atan uçakta görev yapan Theodore Van Kirk, bu misyonu yerine getirdiğinde 24 yaşındaydı.
  • Theodore (Dutch) Van Kirk, the navigator and last surviving crew member of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima...
  • Nearly 69 years ago, Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk navigated a U.S. B-29 Superfortress called the Enola Gay over Hiroshima, Japan, on a sunny August day.
  • The navigator and last surviving crew member of the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, passed away on July 28, 2014.
  • When they made it back to Tinian, Theodore Van Kirk saw more admirals and generals than he had ever seen in one place in his life.