National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
Edward Bankowski was a part of the 509th Composite Group stationed on Tinian Island in the Pacific. Specifically, Bankowski was an Aircraft Maintenance Chief with the 603rd Air Engineering Squadron from May to November 1945.
Vernon J. Rowley served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was the radar operator on the B-29 Jabit III on the Hiroshima mission.
