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William S Parsons (1901 – 1953) was an American weaponeer and bomb commander who served during World War II. He was on the B29 "Enola Gay" which dropped the first atomic bomb ("Little Boy") on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945. William Sterling Parsons was born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 26, 1901. In 1918, [...]
Jacob Beser (1921 – 1992) was a US Army Air Corps officer who served as a radar specialist during World War II. Beser was aboard the Enola Gay on August 6, 1945, when it dropped the "Little Boy" atomic bomb on Hiroshima. On August 9, Beser also took part in the second atomic bomb mission, being [...]
Theodore Van Kirk was a U.S.Army Air Corps navigator who served during World War II. Known as the Dutch, Van Kirk flew 58 B17 Flying Fortress combat missions with the 97th Bomb Group over occupied France and Germany. But he became famous for his B29 mission on board the Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic [...]
Robert A. Lewis (1918 – 1983) was a U.S. Air Corps officer serving in the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II. Lewis was also the co-pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress bomber which dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Although Lewis was [...]
Thomas Ferebee (1918 – 2000) was a U.S. Army Air Corps officer and bombardier who flew bombing missions in the European Theater of Operations during the Second World War II. Ferebee was also aboard the B-29 Superfortress, called Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb, "Little Boy", on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Thomas Wilson [...]
