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Gilbert B. Dickman

Pilot on Luke the SpookTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran

Gilbert B. Dickman served as a 2nd lieutenant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the pilot regularly assigned first to Luke the Spook and later to Big Stink.

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