Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Rudolph H. Gerken

Ground Crew on BockscarTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
Bockscar Airplane

Rudolph H. Gerken served as a private first class in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Bockscar.

Related Profiles

P. D. Hamilton

Los Alamos, NM

Frederick H. Zimmerli

Tinian Island

Frederick H. Zimmerli served in Project Alberta.

Anthony P. Cappiello

Oak Ridge, TN

J. C. Wright

B Reactor/100 Area

Wright worked at the 100-F Area at Hanford during the Manhattan Project.