Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Vernon J. Rowley

Radar Operator on the Jabit IIIHiroshima Mission

Tinian IslandWendover, UT
509th Composite GroupHiroshima MissionManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
North Airfield at Tinian Island.

Vernon J. Rowley served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the radar operator on the B-29 Jabit III on the Hiroshima mission.

Related Profiles

Eleanor Margaret (Roen) Larson

Oak Ridge, TN

Eleanor Margaret (Roen) Larson (1917-2006) was a secretary at Clinton Laboratories in Oak Ridge, TN during the Manhattan Project.

Clifford D. Vander Wilt

Los Alamos, NM

Forest Western

Oak Ridge, TN

Forest Western worked for the Fercleve Corporation.

J. A. Drake

Oak Ridge, TN

J. A. Drake worked for the J.A. Jones Construction Company.