Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Alfred E. Zuk

Sheet Metal WorkerWendover, UT

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment
Alfred Zuk

Alfred Zuk was a member of the Special Engineer Detachment assigned to the 509th Composite Group in Wendover, Utah from 1944 to 1945. Zuk and other members of the SED worked on making modifications to the "Silverplate" B-29's that would be carrying atomic weapons.  

Related Profiles

H. E. Walker

Los Alamos, NM

L. A. Waddell

Oak Ridge, TN

L. A. Waddell worked for the Roane-Anderson Company.

Robert Schrader

Cambridge, MA

Robert Schrader was completing his PhD in chemical engineering at MIT when he was selected to work on the Manhattan Project in Boston.

R. A. Walker

Oak Ridge, TN