James K. Elder, Jr.

Flight Engineer on Luke the SpookTinian Island

Wendover, UT

509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran

James K. Elder, Jr. served as a technical sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the flight engineer regularly assigned first to Luke the Spook and later to Big Stink.

Related Profiles

C. H. Trask

Hanford, WA

Trask worked at the 200 West Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

Robert E. Harlowe

B Reactor/100 Area

Harlowe worked at the 100-B Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.

James B. Snodgrass

Los Alamos, NM

James B. Snodgrass was a member of the Mounted Military Police working on site security at Los Alamos and the Trinity test site.

Harold T. Dunlap

Tinian Island

Harold T. Dunlap served in the 603rd Air Engineering Squadron.