Draft:Robert C Von Graben

File:Robert Von Graben Correspondence Dec 1943
Letter written to 1st LT Robert Von Grabe about Bombardiers
   Robert C Von Graben was involved in section of the Manhattan Project which assisted in dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.  Von Graben was a officer at this time in the US Army Air Force whose mission was to develop then practice delivering the still in development atomic weapons. 30 Dec 1943 1st Lieutenant and later Captain Von Graben's tile was Director of Bomb Approach assigned to HAAF airfield in Hobbs NM.  He over saw the many Bombardier Instructors training new Bombardiers on the B-29 Superfortress Bombers sited there.  
 He was also involved with Project Alberta, also known as Project A ran under the larger Manhattan Project developing the first atomic weapons his department's mission was to development best means to drop the future weapon accurately on Japan.