Samuel R. Wheeler

Assistant Engineer of the Strange CargoTinian Island

Wendover, UT

509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran

Samuel R. Wheeler served as a sergeant in the 393 Bombardment Squadron. He was the assistant engineer regularly assigned to the B-29 Strange Cargo.

Crew A-4. Wheeler is kneeling in the bottom row, third from the left. Photo courtesy of Leon D. Smith and Richard H. Campbell.

Related Profiles

Aaron Walters

Tinian Island

Aaron Walters served in the 1395th Military Police Aviation.

Moddie Taylor

Chicago, IL

Moddie Daniel Taylor (1912-1976) was a chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project from 1943-1945. Early Years Taylor was born in Nymph, Alabama on March 3, 1912.

J. K. Adams

Hanford, WA

Richard Black

Tinian Island

Richard Black served in the 1395th Military Police Company, Aviation.