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Signed Book by the pilot and Navigator of the First Atomic Bomb Drop. adds handwritten inscription: "When we looked at Hiroshima it was covered by smoke and dust topped by the large mushroom cloud going up to 42,000 ft...
Signed Book by the pilot and Navigator of the First Atomic Bomb Drop. adds handwritten inscription: "When we looked at Hiroshima it was covered by smoke and dust topped by the large mushroom cloud going up to 42,000 ft...
Van Kirk, [ATOM BOMB]
Signed book " 509th Composite Group History", hardcover, 103 pages. This book is a pictorial album of the 509th Composite Group following them from Wendover Field to them stationed in Tinian. Introduction on first page written and signed by Colonel "Paul W. Tibbets". Across from Tibbets signature Navigator Theodore Van Kirk writes entirely in his own hand: "It was an easy mission because everything went according to plan...The major concerns about the mission were 1. would the bomb work 2. getting away from the blast . Remember this had never been done before and it was a great unknown. When the bomb exploded there was a sense of relief - it had worked. It didn't destroy the airplane. When we looked at the city of Hiroshima it was covered by a cloud of smoke and dust topped by the large mushroom cloud going up to 42,000 ft." Signed "Theodore Van Kirk - Navigator Enola Gay - Hiroshima 6 Aug 1945." In excellent condition.
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Navigator of the "Enola Gay" copy of a book on the Atomic Bomb Drop with his Handwritten Critic on the Book's Title page
Navigator of the "Enola Gay" copy of a book on the Atomic Bomb Drop with his Handwritten Critic on the Book's Title page
Van Kirk, [ATOM BOMB]
Navigator on the "Enola Gay", the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. Signed book, hard back with dust jacket, 256 page, titled Seven Hours to Zero by Joseph L. Marx. The book is a detailed account of the events relating to the bombing of Hiroshima. Van Kirk who was a big player in those events writes in his hand on title page. "A generally good account of our mission to drop the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima. There are a few historical discrepancies as memories fade after the fact -Theodore J "Dutch" Van Kirk Navigator- Enola Gay, August 6, 1945." In excellent condition.
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