Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

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.

Related Profiles

E. R. Smallwood

Tinian Island

E. R. Smallwood served in the 509th Headquarters.

Hennie J. Schallis

Los Alamos, NM

Hennie Schallis was a staff worker at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.

Francis D. Thornhill

Hiroshima Mission

Francis D. Thornhill served as a captain in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the navigator on the Straight Flush during the Hiroshima mission.

Erwin W. Thayer

Los Alamos, NM