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Troy B. Scott

Ground Crew on Necessary EvilTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
The Necessary Evil

Troy B. Scott 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 Necessary Evil.

C-14 Crew on Tinian. Scott is sitting in the bottom row, second from the left. Photo courtesy of Richard H. Campbell and the Janet Chapman Pence Collection from the Air Force Museum.

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