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| Keywords: Jeppson Tibbets Van Kirk.jpg 041023-N-0295M-004 Chantilly Va Oct 23 2004 - Pilot and retired U S Air Force Brig Gen Paul W Tibbets center assistant weaponeer Morris R Jeppson left and navigator Theodore Dutch Van Kirk right pose for a photo after touring the interior of their old aircraft for the first time in 50 years at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center At the time of the picture they were the last surviving members of the original twelve-man crew that flew the historic World War II atomic bomb mission Enola Gay is the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb Little Boy on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6 1945 forcing the surrender of the Japanese and the end of World War II U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J McLain RELEASED http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 18406 PD-USGov Enola Gay Paul Tibbets Navigators aircraft | ||||
