This was in the Times, thought it might be of interest to those who dont subscribe..... The Times Leader Princeton, Ky. Aug 23, 2003 (Excerpt) George William Marquardt, who flew the plane that photographed the atomic bomb blast on Hiroshima, died Friday, August 15th, 2003. He was 84. Marquardt's plane, "Necessary Evil", flew the left wing position to pilot Paul Tibbets B-29, "Enola Gay", which carried the bomb. Marquardt also was the last man to pilot the "Enola Gay" in combat. The craft was used as a weather reconnaissance plane on August 9th 1945, when the second atomic bomb was dropped by Major Charles Sweeney's bomber, "Bockscar", on Nagasaki. Marquardt was born in Princeton, Kentucky, and grew up in Golconda, Illinois. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps and received his wings at Kelly Field, Texas. After the war he lived with his family in Roswell, New Mexico, before returning to Salt Lake City, where he began a career in structural steel fabrication in 1948 at Allen Steel Co. He died at the Murray Care Center, a nursing home, in Salt Lake City. His funeral was Tuesday at the Murray LDS 1st Ward Chapel. He was buried at Murray City Cemetery. Marquardt it is survived by his wife, three sons, one daughter, 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. ************************************ \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----McGillekehr ********************************************************************** *****Your kygenweb homepages are***** CALDWELL http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html LYON http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html TRIGG http://www.kyseeker.com/trigg/index.html **********************************************************************