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William Sterling "Deak" Parsons ( Chicago, 26 de novembro de 1901 - Bethesda, 5 de dezembro de 1953) foi um oficial da Marinha dos Estados Unidos que trabalhou como especialista de munições no Projeto Manhattan durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ele é mais conhecido por ser quem preparou a detonação da bomba atômica Little Boy, que foi ...
William Sterling Parsons (26 November 1901 – 5 December 1953) 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 , the aircraft which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan , in 1945.
18 de nov. de 2020 · Rear Admiral William Sterling Parsons, USN, painting, oil on canvas board; by Charles Bittinger; 1946; unframed dimensions 16H X 12W. Rear Admiral Parsons, born in Chicago, Illinois, 26 November 1901, attended Fort Sumner, New Mexico, High School, before his appointment to the US Naval Academy from New Mexico in 1918.
William Sterling "Deak" Parsons foi um oficial da Marinha dos Estados Unidos que trabalhou como especialista de munições no Projeto Manhattan durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ele é mais conhecido por ser quem preparou a detonação da bomba atômica Little Boy, que foi lançada pelo avião Enola Gay sobre a cidade de Hiroshima, no Japão, em 1945.
28 de ago. de 2023 · William Sterling Parsons was born in Chicago in November 1901 but grew up in Fort Sumner, New Mexico after his father moved the family there in 1909. He was largely homeschooled although he attended the local elementary school for six years starting at age 8. He skipped grades and caught up to and passed his contemporaries.
William Sterling "Deak" Parsons was born on 26 November 1901 in Chicago, IL. He was the oldest of three children of lawyer, Harry Robert Parsons, and his wife, Clara née Doolittle. In 1909, the family moved to Fort Sumner, NM, where William learned to speak fluent Spanish. He attended the local schools in Fort Sumner and was home schooled by ...
William Sterling 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, the aircraft which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945. To avoid the possibility of a nuclear explosion if the aircraft crashed and burned on takeoff, he decided to arm the bomb in flight ...
