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Russell E. Gackenbach

Russell E. Gackenbach was a navigator in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron and 509th composite group. He flew on both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions. His crew flew aboard the Necessary Evil, which was the camera plane for the Hiroshima mission. Gackenbach photographed the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima. His crew flew again during the Nagasaki mission as the weather reconnaissance plane for the city of Kokura. 

Interviews: 
Russell E. Gackenbach's Interview [1]
Subjects: 
Hiroshima & Nagasaki Missions [2]
Military-Civilian Relations [3]
Patriotism [4]
Reflections on the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [5]
Security & Secrecy [6]
Social Life [7]
Working Conditions [8]
Location: 
Cuba [9]
Hiroshima Mission [10]
Nagasaki Mission [11]
Tinian Island [12]
Wendover Air Field, UT [13]
Tags: 
509th Composite Group [14]
Colonel Paul Tibbets [15]
Wendover [16]
B-29s [17]
George Marquardt [18]
James Strudwick [19]
James Anderson [20]
Cuba [21]
Enola Gay [22]
Iwo Jima [23]
Hiroshima [24]
Necessary Evil [25]
Pumpkin bomb [26]
Kokura [27]
General Leslie R. Groves [28]
Harold Agnew [29]
Bernard Waldman [30]
Russell Gackenbach [31]
Source URL: https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/people/russell-e-gackenbach-0

Links
[1] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/oral-histories/russell-e-gackenbachs-interview
[2] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/hiroshima-nagasaki-missions
[3] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/military-civilian-relations
[4] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/patriotism
[5] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/reflections-bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
[6] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/security-secrecy
[7] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/taxonomy/term/3
[8] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/subject/working-conditions
[9] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/locations/cuba
[10] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/locations/hiroshima-mission
[11] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/locations/nagasaki-mission
[12] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/locations/tinian-island
[13] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/locations/wendover-air-field-ut
[14] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/509th-composite-group
[15] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/colonel-paul-tibbets
[16] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/wendover
[17] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/b-29s
[18] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/george-marquardt
[19] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/james-strudwick
[20] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/james-anderson
[21] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/cuba
[22] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/enola-gay
[23] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/iwo-jima
[24] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/hiroshima
[25] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/necessary-evil
[26] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/pumpkin-bomb
[27] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/kokura
[28] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/general-leslie-r-groves
[29] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/harold-agnew
[30] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/bernard-waldman
[31] https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/tags/russell-gackenbach