Roderick E. Legg

Tail Gunner on Laggin’ DragonNagasaki Mission

Hiroshima MissionWendover, UT

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Roderick E. Legg served as a sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was regularly assigned to the B-29 Top Secret. He participated in the mission to bomb Hiroshima as the tail gunner of the Big Stink, which was the backup strike plane on Iwo Jima. He flew as the tail gunner of the Laggin’ Dragon, the weather reconnaissance plane, during the mission to Nagasaki.

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