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Henry Deutsch

Navigator on Luke the SpookTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran

Henry Deutsch served as a 1st lieutenant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the navigator regularly assigned first to Luke the Spook and later to Big Stink.

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