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Enola Gay's crew on 6 August 1945 consisted of 12 men:

(Asterisks denote regular crewmen of the Enola Gay.)

* Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. – Pilot and Aircraft commander
* Captain Robert A. Lewis – Co-pilot; Enola Gay's assigned aircraft commander*
* Major Thomas Ferebee – Bombardier ; replaced regular crewman Donald Orrphin.
* Captain Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk – Navigator[10]
* U.S. Navy Captain William S. "Deak" Parsons – Weaponeer and bomb commander; replaced regular crewman William "Bill" Arre, due to his advanced knowledge of atomic weaponry.
* Lieutenant Jacob Beser – Radar countermeasures (also the only man to fly on both of the nuclear bombing aircraft)
* Second Lieutenant Morris R. Jeppson – Assistant weaponeer
* Technical Sergeant George R. "Bob" Caron – Tail gunner* (ONLY ONE!)
* Technical Sergeant Wyatt E. Duzenberry – Flight engineer*
* Sergeant Joe S. Stiborik – Radar operator*
* Sergeant Robert H. Shumard – Assistant flight engineer*
* Private First Class Richard H. Nelson – VHF radio operator*
* John P. Merrill -- flight surgeon[11]

Sad but true