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Who was crew of the Enola Gay?

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Enola Gay's crew on 6 August 1945 consisted of 12 men: * Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. - aircraft commander. Tibbets passed away on 1 November 2007 at 92 years of age.[7] * Captain Robert A. Lewis - co-pilot, Enola Gay's assigned aircraft commander* * Major Thomas Ferebee - bombardier * Captain Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk - navigator * U.S. Navy Captain William S. "Deak" Parsons - weaponeer and bomb commander * Lieutenant Jacob Beser - radar countermeasures (also the only man to fly on both nuclear bombing aircraft) * Second Lieutenant Morris R. Jeppson - assistant weaponeer * Technical Sergeant George R. "Bob" Caron - tail gunner* * Technical Sergeant Wyatt E. Duzenberry - flight engineer* * Sergeant Joe S. Stiborik - radar* * Sergeant Robert H. Shumard - assistant flight engineer* * Private First Class Richard M. Nelson - radio operator*

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Colonel Paul Tibbets

Captain Robert Lewis

Captain Theodore Van Kirk

Major Thomas Ferebee

Lieutenant Jacob Beser

Sergeant Joseph Stiborik

Private Richard Nelson

Staff Sergeant Wyatt Duzenbury

Staff Sergeant Robert Caron

Captain Deke Parson

2nd Lieutenant Morris Jeppson

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