Van Kirk flew nearly 60 bombing missions, but it was a single mission in the Pacific that secured him a place in history. I personally think there shouldn't be any atomic bombs in the world - I'd like to see them all abolished - Theodore Van Kirk, last surviving member of the Enola Gay crew And atomic weapons don't settle anything. The whole World War II experience shows that wars don't settle anything. Theodore Van Kirk died Monday of natural causes at the retirement home where he lived in Georgia, his son Tom Van Kirk said. crew that dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, hastening the end of Second World War and moving the world into the atomic age, has died.
