Detroit evening times., 1945-09-09
lContinued from PaEe onel

Northwest Fourth ST., Miami. The
bombarier upon whose shoulders
rests the responsibility of deposit
ing the atomic bomb square on It's
target. is Capt. Kermit X. Beahsn.
1904 Telephone Road, Houston,
Tex. who is celebrating his 27th
birthday today.
Beahan has been awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross. the
Air Medal. and one silver oak leaf
cluster. the Purple Heart, the
Western Hemisphere ribbon, the
European Theater ribbon and two
battle stars He participated in
the first heavy bombardment mis-
sion against Germany from Eng
land on Aug. Il, 1912, and was on
the plane that transported Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower from Gil
brsltar 10 Oran al the beginning
Of the North African invasion. He
has had a number OF hair-raising
escapes in combat.
The navigator on THE Great
Artistic is Capt. James +. Van
Pelt Jr.. 27. of Oak Hill, w. Va.
The flight engineer IS NJ Sgt John
D. Kuharek, 81, 1884 22nd avenue,
Columbus, Neh. S/Sgt. Albert T.
DeHart of Plslnview, Tex, who
celebrated his 30th birthday yes
terdsy, is the tail gunner; the
radar operator is S SLSgt. Edward
X. Buckley, 80, OF 529 East Wash
ington St, Lisbon, O. The radio
operator is Sgt. Abe NJ, Splitter,
33, OF 655 Pelham Parkway, North
Bronx, n. Y. Sgt Raymond Gal
lagher. %, of 5727 South Mozart
ST.. Chicago, is assistant fight
engineer.
MICHIGAN MEN IN PARTY
The lead ship also is carrying a
group of scientific personnel,
headed by Cmdr. Frederick l..
Ashworth, one of the leaders in
the development Of the bomb. The
group includes Ii. Jacob Beser.
"a, of Baltimore, an expert on air
borne radar.
The other two SuperfortS in our
formation are instrument planes,
carrying special apparatus TO
measure the power of the bomb at
the time of explosion, high speed
cameras and other Photographic
equipment.
Our Superfort is the second in
line. Its commander is Capt.
Frederick c. Book, 27, of 800 w.
Washington, Greenville, Mich. It's
other officers are I'd 1t. Hugh c.
Ferguson. 81, of 247 Windermere,
Highland Park, Mich, pilot; I'd
1t. Leonard A. Godfrey. "a, of u
Lincoln, Greenfield, Mass. navi-
gator. and 1st 1t. Charles Levy,
26, Of 1854 Spencer, Philadelphia,
bombardier.
The enlisted personnel of this
Superfort are T/Sgt. Roderick F.
Arnold, 2S, of 130 South, Roch-
ester, Mich, flightengineer; Sgt.
Ralph d. Curry, 20. of 1l0l S.
s con d. Hoopeston, H.. radio
operator; Sgt William c. Barney
%, of Columbia City, Ind, radar
operator; Cpl. Robert J. Stock. 2l
of Ais Downing, Ft. Wayne Ind,
assistant flight engineer, and Cpl
Ralph d. Belanger, 19. OF Then
dara, n. Y, tail gunner.
DETRoITER IN Sd PLANE
The scientific personnel of our
Superfort includes: S/Sgt. Walter
Goodman, p Of 1856 Seventy
fourth, Brooklyn. n. Y. and
Lawrence Johnson. graduate stu
dent at the University of Cali
fornia. whose home is at Holly
wood.
The third Superfort is com
manded by Mai. James Hopkins,
1871 n. Queen, Palestine. Tex. His
officers are I'd 1t John +. Can't
lon. Sic n. Dakota. Tacoma,
Wash, pilot; ID 1t. Stanley c.
Steinke, Goa w. Chestnut. West
Chester. Pa, navigator. and I'd
1t. Myron Farayna. Is Elgin,
Rochester, n. Y. bombardier.
The crew are S/Sgt. George L.
Brabenec, 97l7 S. Lawndale. EVER