Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Fred D. Butler

Ground Crew on Laggin’ DragonTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
McEachern Yearbook photo

Fred D. Butler served as a private first class in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Laggin’ Dragon.

Related Profiles

W.M. Scott

Hanford, WA

Leon D. Smith

Wendover, UT

Leon D. Smith joined the Manhattan Project in 1944 and was assigned to the 509th Composite Group at Wendover Airfield in Utah.

Gordon A. Grooms

Oak Ridge, TN

Agnes M. Tomsu

Oak Ridge, TN

Agnes Tomsu worked for the United States Engineer District Office.