Jacob Beser
Military Person
1921 – 1992
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Who was Jacob Beser?
Jacob Beser was a lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces who served during World War II. Beser was the radar specialist aboard the Enola Gay on August 6, 1945, when it dropped the "Little Boy" atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, Beser was aboard Bockscar when "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki. He was the only person to have served as a strike crew member of both missions.
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- Born
- May 15, 1921
Baltimore - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Baltimore City College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Died
- Jun 16, 1992
Pikesville
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on July 23, 2013
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