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- Kermit_Beahan abstract "Kermit K. Beahan (August 9, 1918 – March 10, 1989) 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 (his 27th birthday), that dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.He also participated in the first atomic mission that bombed Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Flying as part of the crew of The Great Artiste which was a reference to him, purportedly because he could "hit a pickle barrel with a bomb from 30,000 feet" or he was "good with the fairer sex," his aircraft acted as the blast instrumentation support aircraft for the mission.Beahan attended Rice University on a football scholarship during the 1930s. In 1942 he joined the Army Air Forces as an aviation cadet but washed out of pilot training, becoming a bombardier instead. He was assigned to the 97th Bombardment Group and took part in the first B-17 raids in Europe by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses. He flew 13 missions over Europe, 17 missions over North Africa, and five credited combat missions in the Pacific with the 509th Composite Group (including the Nagasaki sortie). He was shot down and crash-landed twice in North Africa. He returned to the United States as a bombing instructor in Midland, Texas. In the summer of 1944, he was recruited by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets to be part of the 509th Composite Group, which was formed to deliver the atomic bomb.The mission to bomb Nagasaki was conducted on Beahan's 27th birthday. Admiral Frederick L. Ashworth, who participated on the mission as weaponeer, credited Beahan with saving the mission from failure by finding an opening in the clouds by which to complete the required visual bombing of the city. An estimated 35,000-40,000 people were killed outright by the bombing of Nagasaki, the majority of whom were munitions workers.Following the Japanese surrender, he returned to the United States as a crewman in the record-breaking 1945 Japan–Washington flight under Lieutenant General Barney M. Giles. He remained in the Air Force until 1964, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. After his retirement, he worked as a technical writer for the engineering and construction firm Brown & Root through 1985.In 1985, on the 40th anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing, Beahan said he would never apologize for the bombing, and that he had been thanked for his role by a group of 25 Japanese. He said the bombing was the "best way out of a hell of a mess." Beahan hoped that he would forever remain the last man to have dropped an atomic bomb on people.He died of heart attack in 1989. He was buried at the Houston National Cemetery.".
- Kermit_Beahan award Air_Medal.
- Kermit_Beahan award Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_States).
- Kermit_Beahan award Purple_Heart.
- Kermit_Beahan birthDate "1918-08-09".
- Kermit_Beahan birthPlace Joplin,_Missouri.
- Kermit_Beahan birthYear "1918".
- Kermit_Beahan deathDate "1989-03-10".
- Kermit_Beahan deathPlace Clear_Lake_City,_Houston.
- Kermit_Beahan deathPlace Clear_Lake_City_(Greater_Houston).
- Kermit_Beahan deathYear "1989".
- Kermit_Beahan militaryUnit 509th_Bomb_Wing.
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- Kermit_Beahan wikiPageWikiLink Category:1918_births.
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- Kermit_Beahan wikiPageWikiLink The_Great_Artiste.
- Kermit_Beahan wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Ferebee.
- Kermit_Beahan wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Air_Force.
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- Kermit_Beahan wikiPageWikiLinkText "Kermit Beahan".
- Kermit_Beahan wikiPageWikiLinkText "Kermit K. Beahan".
- Kermit_Beahan awards Purple_Heart.
- Kermit_Beahan awards "Air Medal with 7 clusters".
- Kermit_Beahan awards "Distinguished Flying Cross with 1 Cluster".
- Kermit_Beahan birthDate "1918-08-09".
- Kermit_Beahan birthPlace Joplin,_Missouri.
- Kermit_Beahan dateOfBirth "1918-08-09".
- Kermit_Beahan dateOfDeath "1989-03-10".
- Kermit_Beahan deathDate "1989-03-10".
- Kermit_Beahan deathPlace Clear_Lake_City,_Houston.
- Kermit_Beahan deathPlace Clear_Lake_City_(Greater_Houston).
- Kermit_Beahan hasPhotoCollection Kermit_Beahan.
- Kermit_Beahan name "Beahan, Kermit".
- Kermit_Beahan name "Kermit K. Beahan".
- Kermit_Beahan nickname "the Great Artiste".
- Kermit_Beahan placeOfBirth Joplin,_Missouri.
- Kermit_Beahan placeOfDeath Clear_Lake_City,_Houston.
- Kermit_Beahan placeOfDeath Clear_Lake_City_(Greater_Houston).
- Kermit_Beahan rank Lieutenant_Colonel_(United_States).
- Kermit_Beahan rank Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States).
- Kermit_Beahan shortDescription "bombardier who dropped atomic bomb on Nagasaki".
- Kermit_Beahan unit "509".
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- Kermit_Beahan description "bombardier who dropped atomic bomb on Nagasaki".
- Kermit_Beahan description "bombardier who dropped atomic bomb on Nagasaki".
- Kermit_Beahan subject Category:1918_births.
- Kermit_Beahan subject Category:1989_deaths.
- Kermit_Beahan subject Category:American_aviators.
- Kermit_Beahan subject Category:American_military_personnel_of_World_War_II.