Jacob Bontakoe was born on 2 August 1920 in Marion, Michigan, USA. He was married to Elizabeth Johnston. He died on 24 September 2007 in Owosso, Michigan, USA.
Pilot of the B-29 bomber that was the standby for the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and the weather ship for Bock's Car, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki.