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Enola Gay: Dutch Van Kirk

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Enola Gay: Dutch Van Kirk

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Auction Date:2013 Mar 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Original signed pencil and ink sketch on an off-white 11 x 8.5 sheet. Van Kirk draws a large mushroom cloud with a caption “Large cloud—multicolored—forms over Hiroshima,” noting at the bottom, “Bomb explodes 1980 feet above ground zero. Aioi Bridge center of explosion.” He also draws the Enola Gay airplane's position at the time of the explosion and adds in his hand "Enola Gay Altitude 31,060 ft., speed 258 knots, heading about 60°." Signed at the bottom, “Theodore J. Dutch Van Kirk, Navigator, Enola Gay, Hiroshima 6 Aug 1945.” In fine condition.