Bockscar, sometimes called Bock's Car, is the United States Army Air Forces B-29 bomber that dropped a Fat Man nuclear weapon over the Japanese city of Nagasaki during World War II in the second – and most recent – nuclear attack in history.

The B-29 on display, Bockscar, dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the atomic attack against Hiroshima. Bockscar was one of 15 specially modified "Silverplate" B-29s assigned to the 509th Composite Group.

By August 1945, U.S. Navy submarines and aerial mining by the Army Air Forces severely restricted Japanese shipping. The AAF controlled the skies over Japan and the AAF's B-29 bombing attacks crippled its war industry. A plan for the invasion of Japan had been drawn up; Operation Olympic was scheduled for November 1945.

One of the largest aircraft of World War II, the B-29 was designed with state-of-the-art technology, which included a pressurized cabin, dual-wheeled tricycle landing gear, and an analog computer -controlled fire-control system that allowed one gunner and a fire-control officer to direct four remote machine gun turrets.

On Aug. 9, 1945, the B-29 Bockscar dropped the ''Fat Man'' atomic bomb on Nagasaki, which led to Japan's unconditional surrender and the end of World War II.

May 9, 2024 · While everyone is familiar with the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb on an enemy during warfare, very few people will have heard of the "Bockscar," a second Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on …

Jul 14, 2020 · In fact, Bockscar is largely forgotten even though it carried the second atomic bomb—Fat Man—which was dropped on Nagasaki days after the first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Bockscar was actually...

Mar 3, 2025 · The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a four-engined, long-range bomber of the United States Air Force. The largest of all Second World War (1939-45) bombers, B-29s were used to strike Japanese targets from the summer of 1944. In August 1945, the B-29s 'Enola Gay' and 'Bockscar' each dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, thereby ending the war.

Jun 25, 2013 · Bockscar, the Superfortress on display at the National Museum of the Air Force, dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, three days after Enola Gay dropped another...

Jan 11, 2012 · A closer look at the famous B-29 known as Bockscar and the story behind the aircraft.