"DUTCH" VAN KIRK NAVIGATOR ENOLA GAY

WHEN DUTCH FIRST MET ME HE THOUGHT I WAS PROBABLY A HIPPIE BUT THEN HE REALIZED THAT I HADN'T HAD TIME FOR A HAIRCUT.
HE WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON TO TALK TO AND INVITED ME TO MEET WITH THEM THE NEXT DAY AND GO OUT TO DINNER UNFORTUNATELY I HAD TO HEAD BACK TO NYC AND HAVE REGRETTED THAT DECISION EVER SINCE.
DUTCH MADE ME LAUGH WHEN HE STATED "IF YOU KNEW US BETTER YOU WOULDN'T LIKE US". SORRY DUTCH I WOULD HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THAT ONE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT DUTCH HAD SERVED WITH PAUL TIBBETS PRIOR TO HIROSHIMA AND THAT PAUL PERSONALLY HAND-PICKED DUTCH AS HIS NAVIGATOR WHEN HE FORMED THE 509 COMPOSITE GROUP.

MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES DUTCH...