A soldier in the U. S. Army who fights with a rifle is called a
weaponeer. A U.S. Marine is called a rifleman.
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The crew of the Enola Gay that day was:
Col. Paul W. Tibbets --- 509th commander and pilot
Capt. Robert A. Lewis --- co-pilot and note taker (BTW, he was normally the pilot of this plane, but Tibbets replaced him as he was commander of the unit.)
Maj. Thomas W. Ferebee --- bombardier
Capt. Theodore J. Van Kirk --- navigator
SSgt. Wyatt E. Duzenbury --- flight engineer
Sgt. Robert H. Shumard --- assistant flight engineer
Pfc Richard H. Nelson --- radio operator
SSgt George R. Caron --- tail gunner
Sgt. Joseph S. Stiborik --- radar operator
Navy Capt. William "Deak" Parsons --- weaponeer & ordnance officer
Lt. Jacob Beser --- radar countermeasures officer
Lt. Morris R. Jeppson --- assistant weaponeer
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Yes, Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr. was the pilot of the Enola Gay.
Paul Tibbets died Nov 1, 2007, leaving Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk,
navigator, and Morris Jeppson, weaponeer, as the last two surviving
crew of the Enola Gay.
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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries
used around the world) there are 4 words with the pattern
W-A-----R. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter W and 3rd
letter A and 9th letter R. In alphabetical order, they are: