Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Franklin B. Wimer

Navigator of the Next ObjectiveTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
North Airfield at Tinian Island.

Franklin B. Wimer served as a second lieutenant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the navigator regularly assigned to the B-29 Next Objective.

Crew A-3, Wimer is in the top row, second from right. Photo courtesy of Richard H. Campbell and the Janet Chapman Pence Collection from the Air Force Museum.

Related Profiles

O. H. Lang Jr.

Hanford, WA

Aubrey Pair

Tinian Island

Aubrey Pair served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron.

George M. Weisiger

Oak Ridge, TN

George Weisiger worked at Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project, although it remains unknown what his specific duties were.

Dee McCullough

Hanford, WA

Dee McCullough began working as an instrument technician at Hanford in early 1944. As a former sound engineer, McCullough was tasked with installing nuclear safety monitors on the reactors at Hanford.