Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Albert G. Barsumian

Radar Operator in the Straight FlushHiroshima Mission

Tinian IslandWendover, UT
509th Composite GroupHiroshima MissionManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
Straight Flush

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.

Related Profiles

Charles J. Prochaska

Los Alamos, NM

T. D. Wolfe

Oak Ridge, TN

T. D. Wolfe worked for the J.A. Jones Construction Company.

Gordon M. Herbert

X-10 Graphite Reactor

Attended Southern Methodist University.

Leonard W. Markley

Tinian Island

Leonard W. Markley served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Enola Gay.