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James W. Strudwick

Bombardier on Necessary EvilHiroshima Mission

Nagasaki MissionTinian IslandWendover, UT
509th Composite GroupHiroshima MissionManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranNagasaki Mission
The Necessary Evil

James W. Strudwick served as a captain in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was regularly assigned as a bombardier in the Up An’ Atom. Strudwick flew in the Necessary Evil during in the Hiroshima mission and the Enola Gay in the Nagasaki mission.

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