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Raymond G. Gallagher

Gunner on BockscarNagasaki Mission

Hiroshima MissionTinian IslandWendover, UT
509th Composite GroupHiroshima MissionManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranNagasaki Mission
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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