Richard E. Blouse

Ground Crew on Necessary EvilTinian Island

Wendover, UT

509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran

Richard E. Blouse served as a corporal in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Necessary Evil.

C-14 Crew on Tinian. Blouse is sitting in the bottom row, fifth from the left. Photo courtesy of Richard H. Campbell and the Janet Chapman Pence Collection from the Air Force Museum.

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