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 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 …

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 …

Charles William Sweeney (27 December 1919 – 16 July 2004) was an officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the pilot who flew Bockscar carrying the Fat Man …

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 …

Aug 9, 2018 · Perhaps the second most famous Boeing B – 29 Superfortress bomber ever, B-29-36-MO Air Force serial number 44-27927, nickname Bockscar, flew a mission that up until …

Aug 2, 2015 · "Bockscar", piloted Major Charles Sweeney, dropped the "Fat Man" atomic bomb on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, just three days after the atomic attack against Hiroshima, …

Seventy years ago, on August 9, at approximately 3:47 a.m. local time on the island of Tinian, a massive B-29 Superfortress aircraft roared down a tropical airport runway, carrying 13 men …

Aug 9, 2013 · The crew of Bockscar dropped the Fat Man bomb over Nagasaki just three days after the first nuclear weapon hit Hiroshima.

On display in one of the four huge hangers at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, is the fully restored Bockscar. This is the plane that dropped the second atomic bomb, Fat …