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Alfred A. Lewandowski

Tail Gunner on Big StinkTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
The Big Stink

Alfred A. Lewandowski served as a staff sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the regularly assigned tail gunner for the Big Stink, and he and his crew were later reassigned to Luke the Spook.

A-5 Crew. Lewandowski is standing in the top row, third from the left. Photo courtesy of the 509th Pictorial Album and Richard H. Campbell.

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