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Neil R. Corey

Assistant Engineer on Luke the SpookTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran

Neil R. Corey served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the assistant engineer/scanner regularly assigned first to Luke the Spook and later to Big Stink.

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