James Van Pelt

Navigator on BockscarNagasaki Mission

Hiroshima MissionTinian IslandWendover, UT

509th Composite GroupHiroshima MissionManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranNagasaki Mission

James Van Pelt served as a captain in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron of the 509th Composite Group. He flew in the Great Artiste as a navigator during the mission to bomb Hiroshima. Days later, he flew to Nagasaki as the navigator of Bockscar.

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