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Myron Faryna

Bombardier on Big StinkNagasaki Mission

Tinian IslandWendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranNagasaki Mission
The Big Stink

Myron Faryna was a 2nd lieutenant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He served as the bombardier of the Necessary Evil, but flew in the Big Stink during the Nagasaki Mission.

 

C-14 Crew on Tinian. Faryna is standing in the top row, to the far left. Photo courtesy of Richard H. Campbell and the Janet Chapman Pence Collection from the Air Force Museum.

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