A Master Sergeant wouldn't have any need to ask a Lieutenant this... if the Master Sergeant doesn't know this already, I have to wonder how they ever got hard striped pinned on them.
Private, Corporal, Sergeant, Master Sergeant, 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant Captain, Major Vp, P, Overseer
Enola gay crew Colonel Paul Tibbets Captain Robert Lewis Captain Theodore Van Kirk Major Thomas Ferebee Lieutenant Jacob Beser Sergeant Joseph Stiborik Private Richard Nelson Staff Sergeant Wyatt Duzenbury Staff Sergeant Robert Caron Captain Deke Parson 2nd Lieutenant Morris Jeppson Bockscar crew Major Charles Sweeney First Lieutenant Charles Albury Captain James Van Pelt, Jr. Captain Kermit Beahan Lieutenant Jacob Beser Staff Sergeant Ed Buckly Sergeant Abe Spitzer Master Sergeant John Kuharek Sergeant Raymond Gallagher Staff Sergeant Albert Dehart Commander Frederick Ashworth 2nd Lieutenant Fred Olivi
Major Charles Sweeney First Lieutenant Charles Albury Captain James Van Pelt, Jr. Captain Kermit Beahan Lieutenant Jacob Beser Staff Sergeant Ed Buckly Sergeant Abe Spitzer Master Sergeant John Kuharek Sergeant Raymond Gallagher Staff Sergeant Albert Dehart Commander Frederick Ashworth 2nd Lieutenant Fred Olivi
Bockscar crew Major Charles Sweeney First Lieutenant Charles Albury Captain James Van Pelt, Jr. Captain Kermit Beahan Lieutenant Jacob Beser Staff Sergeant Ed Buckly Sergeant Abe Spitzer Master Sergeant John Kuharek Sergeant Raymond Gallagher Staff Sergeant Albert Dehart Commander Frederick Ashworth 2nd Lieutenant Fred Olivi
Enola gay crew Colonel Paul Tibbets Captain Robert Lewis Captain Theodore Van Kirk Major Thomas Ferebee Lieutenant Jacob Beser Sergeant Joseph Stiborik Private Richard Nelson Staff Sergeant Wyatt Duzenbury Staff Sergeant Robert Caron Captain Deke Parson 2nd Lieutenant Morris Jeppson Bockscar crew Major Charles Sweeney First Lieutenant Charles Albury Captain James Van Pelt, Jr. Captain Kermit Beahan Lieutenant Jacob Beser Staff Sergeant Ed Buckly Sergeant Abe Spitzer Master Sergeant John Kuharek Sergeant Raymond Gallagher Staff Sergeant Albert Dehart Commander Frederick Ashworth 2nd Lieutenant Fred Olivi
Enola gay crew Colonel Paul Tibbets Captain Robert Lewis Captain Theodore Van Kirk Major Thomas Ferebee Lieutenant Jacob Beser Sergeant Joseph Stiborik Private Richard Nelson Staff Sergeant Wyatt Duzenbury Staff Sergeant Robert Caron Captain Deke Parson 2nd Lieutenant Morris Jeppson Bockscar crew Major Charles Sweeney First Lieutenant Charles Albury Captain James Van Pelt, Jr. Captain Kermit Beahan Lieutenant Jacob Beser Staff Sergeant Ed Buckly Sergeant Abe Spitzer Master Sergeant John Kuharek Sergeant Raymond Gallagher Staff Sergeant Albert Dehart Commander Frederick Ashworth 2nd Lieutenant Fred Olivi
Enola gay crew Colonel Paul Tibbets Captain Robert Lewis Captain Theodore Van Kirk Major Thomas Ferebee Lieutenant Jacob Beser Sergeant Joseph Stiborik Private Richard Nelson Staff Sergeant Wyatt Duzenbury Staff Sergeant Robert Caron Captain Deke Parson 2nd Lieutenant Morris Jeppson Bockscar crew Major Charles Sweeney First Lieutenant Charles Albury Captain James Van Pelt, Jr. Captain Kermit Beahan Lieutenant Jacob Beser Staff Sergeant Ed Buckly Sergeant Abe Spitzer Master Sergeant John Kuharek Sergeant Raymond Gallagher Staff Sergeant Albert Dehart Commander Frederick Ashworth 2nd Lieutenant Fred Olivi
Enola gay crew Colonel Paul Tibbets Captain Robert Lewis Captain Theodore Van Kirk Major Thomas Ferebee Lieutenant Jacob Beser Sergeant Joseph Stiborik Private Richard Nelson Staff Sergeant Wyatt Duzenbury Staff Sergeant Robert Caron Captain Deke Parson 2nd Lieutenant Morris Jeppson Bockscar crew Major Charles Sweeney First Lieutenant Charles Albury Captain James Van Pelt, Jr. Captain Kermit Beahan Lieutenant Jacob Beser Staff Sergeant Ed Buckly Sergeant Abe Spitzer Master Sergeant John Kuharek Sergeant Raymond Gallagher Staff Sergeant Albert Dehart Commander Frederick Ashworth 2nd Lieutenant Fred Olivi
Enola gay crew Colonel Paul Tibbets Captain Robert Lewis Captain Theodore Van Kirk Major Thomas Ferebee Lieutenant Jacob Beser Sergeant Joseph Stiborik Private Richard Nelson Staff Sergeant Wyatt Duzenbury Staff Sergeant Robert Caron Captain Deke Parson 2nd Lieutenant Morris Jeppson Bockscar crew Major Charles Sweeney First Lieutenant Charles Albury Captain James Van Pelt, Jr. Captain Kermit Beahan Lieutenant Jacob Beser Staff Sergeant Ed Buckly Sergeant Abe Spitzer Master Sergeant John Kuharek Sergeant Raymond Gallagher Staff Sergeant Albert Dehart Commander Frederick Ashworth 2nd Lieutenant Fred Olivi
Enola gay crew Colonel Paul Tibbets Captain Robert Lewis Captain Theodore Van Kirk Major Thomas Ferebee Lieutenant Jacob Beser Sergeant Joseph Stiborik Private Richard Nelson Staff Sergeant Wyatt Duzenbury Staff Sergeant Robert Caron Captain Deke Parson 2nd Lieutenant Morris Jeppson Bockscar crew Major Charles Sweeney First Lieutenant Charles Albury Captain James Van Pelt, Jr. Captain Kermit Beahan Lieutenant Jacob Beser Staff Sergeant Ed Buckly Sergeant Abe Spitzer Master Sergeant John Kuharek Sergeant Raymond Gallagher Staff Sergeant Albert Dehart Commander Frederick Ashworth 2nd Lieutenant Fred Olivi
Enola gay crew Colonel Paul Tibbets Captain Robert Lewis Captain Theodore Van Kirk Major Thomas Ferebee Lieutenant Jacob Beser Sergeant Joseph Stiborik Private Richard Nelson Staff Sergeant Wyatt Duzenbury Staff Sergeant Robert Caron Captain Deke Parson 2nd Lieutenant Morris Jeppson Bockscar crew Major Charles Sweeney First Lieutenant Charles Albury Captain James Van Pelt, Jr. Captain Kermit Beahan Lieutenant Jacob Beser Staff Sergeant Ed Buckly Sergeant Abe Spitzer Master Sergeant John Kuharek Sergeant Raymond Gallagher Staff Sergeant Albert Dehart Commander Frederick Ashworth 2nd Lieutenant Fred Olivi
Enola gay crew Colonel Paul Tibbets Captain Robert Lewis Captain Theodore Van Kirk Major Thomas Ferebee Lieutenant Jacob Beser Sergeant Joseph Stiborik Private Richard Nelson Staff Sergeant Wyatt Duzenbury Staff Sergeant Robert Caron Captain Deke Parson 2nd Lieutenant Morris Jeppson Bockscar crew Major Charles Sweeney First Lieutenant Charles Albury Captain James Van Pelt, Jr. Captain Kermit Beahan Lieutenant Jacob Beser Staff Sergeant Ed Buckly Sergeant Abe Spitzer Master Sergeant John Kuharek Sergeant Raymond Gallagher Staff Sergeant Albert Dehart Commander Frederick Ashworth 2nd Lieutenant Fred Olivi