Omar C. Strickland

Radio Operator on Big StinkTinian Island

Wendover, UT

509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran

Omar C. Strickland served as a technical sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the regularly assigned radio operator for the Big Stink, and he and his crew were later reassigned to Luke the Spook.

A-5 Crew. Strickland is standing in the top row, to the far right. Photo courtesy of the 509th Pictorial Album and Richard H. Campbell.

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