Jacob Y. Bontekoe

Copilot in the Laggin’ DragonNagasaki Mission

Hiroshima MissionTinian IslandWendover, UT

509th Composite GroupHiroshima MissionManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranNagasaki Mission

Jacob Y. Bontekoe served as 2nd lieutenant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was regularly assigned to the B-29 Top Secret. He participated in the mission to bomb Hiroshima as the co-pilot of the Big Stink, which was the backup strike plane on Iwo Jima. He flew as the co-pilot of the Laggin’ Dragon, the weather reconnaissance plane, during the mission to Nagasaki.

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