![]() Enola Gay gradually descended and turned south, arriving in Tinian at 2:58 pm Tinian time. At 9:15 Tinian time, at an altitude of 31,060 feet and an air speed of 200 mph, Van Kirk listed "Bomb Away" in the Position column. The plane gradually gained in altitude until it passed over its target of Hiroshima. The reproduction navigation log documents Van Kirk's notes as they passed landmarks, such as Iwo Jima and Mishima, Japan. Their objective was to drop an atomic bomb, called Little Boy, on the city of Hiroshima, Japan, located some 2,500 km to the northwest. PLEASE NOTE: This poster has been rolled for an extended period and will ship rolled.Įnola Gay's 12-person crew left their home base at Tinian, in the Northern Mariana Islands, at 2:45 am Tinian time on August 6, 1945. Supplemented by a schematic showing Enola Gay's route inset at lower right, and Van Kirk's comments about local time, geography, and navigational calculations inset at lower center. "Dutch" Van Kirk (1921-2014) as "To James Kealy - all best wishes / Dutch Van Kirk / Navigator - Enola Gay / Hiroshima ". Enola Gay Reproduction Navigator's Log Signed by Dutch Van KirkĪ color poster reproducing the Augnavigation log of the B-29 bomber Enola Gay, signed lower left by navigator Captain Theodore J.
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