Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

John D. Kuharek

Flight Engineer on BockscarNagasaki Mission

Hiroshima MissionTinian IslandWendover, UT
509th Composite GroupHiroshima MissionManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranNagasaki Mission
John Kuharek

John D. Kuharek served as a master sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was assigned to the Great Artiste as a flight engineer and flew in the mission to Hiroshima. He participated in the Nagasaki mission as the flight engineer of Bockscar. 

Lt. Jacob Beser and M/Sgt John Kuharek check over equipment

Related Profiles

Bernard E. Franz

K-25 Plant

Attended Purdue University.

John Snider

Hanford, WA

Albert G. Barsumian

Hiroshima Mission

Albert G. Barsumian served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the radar operator on the Straight Flush during the Hiroshima mission.

William F. Meyers

Los Alamos, NM