Franklin MacGregor

Bombardier on Laggin’ DragonNagasaki Mission

Hiroshima MissionTinian IslandWendover, UT

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Franklin MacGregor served as a second lieutenant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was regularly assigned to the B-29 Top Secret. He participated in the mission to bomb Hiroshima as the bombardier of the Big Stink, which was the backup strike plane on Iwo Jima. He flew as the bombardier of the Laggin’ Dragon, the weather reconnaissance plane, during the mission to Nagasaki.

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