Frederick Lincoln "Dick" Ashworth was a United States Navy officer who served as the weaponeer on the B-29 Bockscar that dropped a Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan on 9 August 1945 during World
Ashworth (right) with VT-11 in the Solomon Islands
William Sterling "Deak" Parsons was an American naval officer who worked as an ordnance expert on the Manhattan Project during World War II. He is best known for being the weaponeer on the Enola Gay,
Parsons c. 1946–1953
Naval Research Laboratory complex on the Potomac River in Washington, DC
Cut away diagram of the proximity fuze Mark 53
Captain Parsons on Tinian in 1945