Beser, Jacob, 1921 - 1992
Jacob Beser (May 15, 1921 – June 16, 1992) was a lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces who served during World War II. Beser was the radar specialist aboard the Enola Gay on August 6, 1945, when it dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, Beser was a crewmember aboard Bockscar when the Fat Man bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. He was the only person to have served as a strike crew member of both of the 1945 atomic bomb missions.
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository |
|---|
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
Filters:
| Relation | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| associatedWith | Caron, George Robert, 1919-1995 | person |
| associatedWith | Enola Gay (Bomber) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Tibbets, Paul W. (Paul Warfield), 1915-2007 | person |
| memberOf | United States. Air Force | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | United States. Army Air Forces. Composite Group, 509th | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | United States. National Archives and Records Administration | corporateBody |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore | MD | US | |
| Maryland | MD | US |
| Subject |
|---|
| Occupation |
|---|
| Airmen |
| Activity |
|---|
Person
Death 1992-06-16
Birth 1921-05-05
Male
Americans
English
Related Descriptions
Search Elsewhere
Information
