Thomas W. Ferebee

Bombardier on the Enola GayHiroshima Mission

Tinian IslandWendover, UT

509th Composite GroupHiroshima MissionManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran

Thomas W. Ferebee served as a major in the 509th Headquarters and Base Services Squadron.

Tom Ferebee with the Norden bombsite. Courtesy of the Joseph Papalia Collection.

Tom Ferebee, Paul Tibbets, Dutch Van Kirk, and Bob Lewis. Courtesy of the Joseph Papalia Collection.

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