In August 1946 he completed his service in the Air Corps as a major. In 1945 he navigated the Enola Gay when it dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. He was selected to fly General Mark Clark on a secret mission to negotiate with the Free French in Algeria, and was navigator on the aircraft that flew General Dwight Eisenhower to the invasion site in North Africa to launch Operation Torch. Army Air Corps navigator who flew 58 B-17 Flying Fortress combat missions with the 97th Bomb Group over occupied France and Germany during WW II.
Dimensions are 16.25'(L) X 10.25'(H) X 23.25' (Wingspan) Theodore 'Dutch' Van Kirk (b.1921), Navigator for the Enola Gay, was an American U.S. This high quality replica is handcrafted from mahogany and comes with a wooden base.
