Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Howard A. Thompson

Ground Crew on Straight FlushTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
The Straight Flush

Howard A. Thompson served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Straight Flush.

Related Profiles

T. B. Mitchell

Hanford, WA

Nick Salazar

Los Alamos, NM

Nick Salazar is a Manhattan Project veteran and a longtime employee of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

E. S. Steinbach

Oak Ridge, TN

Steinbach worked for Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation.

William W. Wellhausen

Los Alamos, NM