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Sidney J. Bellamy

Radar Observer on Big StinkNagasaki Mission

Tinian IslandWendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranNagasaki Mission
The Big Stink

Sidney J. Bellamy served as a corporal in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was regularly assigned to the Necessary Evil as a radar observer, but flew in the Big Stink in the mission to Nagasaki.

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