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Raymond G. Gallagher

Gunner on BockscarNagasaki Mission

Hiroshima MissionTinian IslandWendover, UT
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Sergeant Ray Gallagher Listen to Raymond G. Gallagher’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Raymond G. Gallagher served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was assigned to the Great Artiste as a gunner and assistant flight engineer. He flew in the Hiroshima mission aboard the Great Artiste. Gallagher also participated in the Nagasaki mission as a crew member of Bockscar. 

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