Nuclear Museum Logo
Nuclear Museum Logo

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Claude E. McLenon

Ground Crew on Big StinkTinian Island

Wendover, UT
509th Composite GroupManhattan Project VeteranMilitary Veteran
Big Stink

Claude E. McLenon served as a technical sergeant in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned to the B-29 Big Stink, and he and his crew were later reassigned to Luke the Spook.

Related Profiles

J. R. Dell

Hanford, WA

Norman A. Adamson

K-25 Plant

Attended Bucknell College.

R. W. Luekenga

Hanford, WA

Jas C. Penny, Jr.

Y-12 Plant

Jas Penny, Jr. worked for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation at the Y-12 Plant.