Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Hinginio A. Baca

Ground Crew on Big StinkTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
The Big Stink

Hinginio A. Baca 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 Big Stink, and he and his crew were later reassigned to Luke the Spook.

Related Profiles

William Z. Harmon

Oak Ridge, TN

Harmon worked in the United States Engineer District Office.

C. J. Baldwin

Oak Ridge, TN

Baldwin worked for Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation.

Dr. M. R. Petersen

Hanford, WA

Appears in the 1944 Hanford Telephone Directory as “Petersen” and the 1945 Directory as “Peterson”.

Mary C. Whidden

Los Alamos, NM

Mary Whidden was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.