Last Hiroshima bomber crewman dies

The last surviving member of the crew that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima has died in the US.

Last Hiroshima bomber crewman dies

The last surviving member of the crew that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima has died in the US.

Tom VanKirk says his father, 93-year-old Theodore VanKirk, died on Monday in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

VanKirk, also known as Dutch, was the navigator of the Enola Gay.

The B-29 Superfortress aircraft dropped Little Boy – the world’s first atomic bomb – over the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

The bomb killed 140,000 in Hiroshima.

Three days later another bomb killed 80,000 in Nagasaki.

Van Kirk was 24 years old at the time.

In a 2005 interview with The Associated Press, VanKirk said his Second World War experience showed that wars and atomic bombs don’t settle anything, and he’d like to see the weapons abolished.

more courts articles

Man appears in court charged with false imprisonment of woman in van Man appears in court charged with false imprisonment of woman in van
Man in court over alleged false imprisonment of woman Man in court over alleged false imprisonment of woman
Coronation Street actor William Roache (91) given three months to settle tax debt Coronation Street actor William Roache (91) given three months to settle tax debt

More in this section

Mike Lynch court case Fallen tech star Mike Lynch painted as fraud mastermind in Hewlett-Packard trial
Fani Willis Trump seeks to appeal against decision not to disqualify DA in Georgia case
Ohio woman given life after child died when she left her alone to go on holiday Ohio woman given life after child died when she left her alone to go on holiday
Cookie Policy Privacy Policy Brand Safety FAQ Help Contact Us Terms and Conditions

© Examiner Echo Group Limited