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.

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