Francis X. Dolan

Radio Operator on Big StinkNagasaki Mission

Tinian IslandWendover, UT

509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranNagasaki Mission

Francis X. Dolan was a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He served as the radio operator of the Necessary Evil, but flew in the Big Stink during the Nagasaki Mission.

C-14 Crew on Tinian. Dolan is kneeling in the middle row, fifth from the left. Photo courtesy of Richard H. Campbell and the Janet Chapman Pence Collection from the Air Force Museum.

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