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James M. Anderson

Copilot in Necessary EvilTinian Island

Hiroshima MissionNagasaki MissionPhiladelphia, PAWendover, UT
509th Composite GroupHiroshima MissionManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranNagasaki Mission
The Necessary Evil

James M. Anderson served as a second lieutenant in the 393rd squadron. Although he was regularly assigned to the Up An’ Atom, he flew in the mission to bomb Hiroshima as the co-pilot of the Necessary Evil and in the Enola Gay during the Nagasaki bombing mission.

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