18.11.3 - B-29 44-27354, 58th Wing, 509th Composite Group aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb in Test Able of Operation Crossroads. Task Group 1.5 was the Army Air Force group of the task force and consisted of approximately 2,200 people. They were largely from SAC and were placed under the command of Brigadier General Roger M. Ramey, Commanding General of the 58th Bomb Wing. General Ramey's group was responsible for delivering the first Crossroads atomic bomb and provided the aircraft to photograph the explosion and collect scientific data.<br /><br />On July 1, 1946 Dave's Dream, a B-29 piloted by Major Woodrow P. Swancutt, assigned to the 509th Group temporarily stationed at Kwajalein, dropped an atomic bomb on 73 ships lying off of Bikini Island. Five ships were sunk and nine were badly damaged. Task Group 1.5 participated in the second phase of Operation Crossroads, the underwater explosion on July 25, 1946 by providing numerous aircraft for photographic, data collection, and support functions. <br /><br />Pilot Major Woodrow Swancutt is on the right<br />1st Lt. Robert M. Glenn - Flight Engineer<br />T/Sgt. Jack Cothran - Radio Operator<br />Cpl. Herbert Lyons - Left Scanner<br />Cpl. Roland M. Medlin - Right Scanner<br />Capt. William C. Harrison, Jr. - Co-Pilot<br />Major Woodrow P. Swancutt - Pilot<br />Major Harold H. Wood - Bombardier<br />Capt. Paul Chenchar, Jr. - Radar Operator | National Museum of Nuclear Science & History