Kermit Beahan

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Bombardier who dropped atomic bomb on Nagasaki

United StatesLived 1918 to 1989 · aged 70

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Kermit King Beahan was a career officer in the United States Air Force and its predecessor United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He was the bombardier on the crew flying the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar on August 9, 1945, that dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.

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Distinguished Flying Cross

Purple Heart

Air Medal

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United States

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deceased

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Lived 1918 to 1989 · aged 70

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