Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2003. Black and White and Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force and Predecessor Agencies Activities, Facilities and Personnel - World War II and Korean War, ca. 1940 - ca. 1980. L To R, Standing: Lt. Colonel John Porter, Groun

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations, 1900 - 2003. Black and White and Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force and Predecessor Agencies Activities, Facilities and Personnel - World War II and Korean War, ca. 1940 - ca. 1980. L To R, Standing: Lt. Colonel John Porter, Ground Maintenance Officer On B-29 'Enola Gay' Which Atom Bombed Hiroshima, Japan; Major (Then Capt.) Theodore J. (Dutch) Van Kirk, Navigator; Major Thomas W. Ferebee, Bombardier; Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, 509Th (U.S. Air Force Number 59475AC).

1940-1980

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History: Copied from print received from Col. aul W. ibbets, 26 February 946. Released 28 February 946. Category: Aircraft, Ground Subcategory: Consolidated Subjects: MARIANAS ISLANDS,CREWS War Theater Number: 22 War Theater: Pacific US Air Force Reference Number: 59475AC Place: Marianas Photo Series: WWII

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Beser, Jacob, 1921 - 1992

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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. ...