ALS signed 'Dutch Van Kirk, Navigator - Enola Gay,' one page, 8.5 x 11.5 lined yellow sheet, no date. Letter to an interested party concerning the bombing of Hiroshima. In part, 'It was an easy mission because everything went according to plan...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 cloud going up to 42,000 feet.' In fine condition. RRAuction COA.
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