Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Francis D. Thornhill

Navigator on the Straight FlushHiroshima Mission

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

Francis D. Thornhill served as a captain in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the navigator on the Straight Flush during the Hiroshima mission.

Related Profiles

Dora E. Carnevale

Oak Ridge, TN

Carnevale worked in the United States Engineer District Office.

William W. Dodge

Tinian Island

William W. Dodge served in the 1027th Air Material Squadron. 

Alexander Glon

Chicago, IL

Alexander Glon was a laborer at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (“Met Lab”) during the Manhattan Project.

Mary Alice Nachtrieb

Los Alamos, NM

Mary Alice Nachtrieb was a chemist who worked at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. Her speciality was in plutonium chemitsry.