Theodore Van Kirk

Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk (b. 1921) was an American U.S. Army Air Corps navigator who flew 58 B-17 combat missions with the 97th Bomb Group over Occupied France and Germany during World War II.

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1921 - American - U.S. Army Air Corps - B-17 - 97th Bomb Group - World War II

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He was also selected to fly General Mark Clark on a secret mission to negotiate with the Free French in Algeria, and was also navigator on the aircraft that flew General Dwight Eisenhower to the invasion site in North Africa to launch Operation Torch.

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Mark Clark - Free French - Algeria - Dwight Eisenhower - North Africa - Operation Torch

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He is most famous as the navigator of the Enola Gay when it dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

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Enola Gay - Atomic bomb - Hiroshima

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