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Airplane that dropped the second atomic bomb
Bockscar, sometimes called Bock's Car, is the United States Army Air Forces Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped a Fat Man atomic bomb over the
Bockscar
U.S. atomic bomb type used at Nagasaki, 1945
ever used in warfare. It was dropped from the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar piloted by Major Charles Sweeney. Its detonation marked the third nuclear
Fat_Man
United States Air Force general (1919 – 2004)
United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the pilot who flew Bockscar carrying the Fat Man atomic bomb to the Japanese city of Nagasaki on 9
Charles_Sweeney
Airplane that dropped the first atomic bomb
smoke resulted in Nagasaki, a secondary target, being bombed instead (by Bockscar). After the war, the Enola Gay returned to the United States, where it
Enola_Gay
1945 attacks in Japan during WWII
pump, Bockscar and The Great Artiste headed for their secondary target, Nagasaki. Fuel consumption calculations made en route indicated that Bockscar had
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
US heavy bomber aircraft, 1942
Washington, D.C., Bockscar, piloted by Major Charles W. Sweeney, dropped the second bomb, called Fat Man, on Nagasaki three days later. Bockscar is on display
Boeing_B-29_Superfortress
Code reference for the US Army Air Forces' role in the Manhattan Project
bombers). The pair of historic weapons delivery aircraft, named Enola Gay and Bockscar, are currently displayed in museums. The only other United States Air Force
Silverplate
United States Army Air Forces officer
co-pilot of the United States Army Air Forces B-29 bomber known as the Bockscar during the mission that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki on August 9
Charles_Donald_Albury
Luminous plasma created in an electric field
route to Nagasaki with the Fat Man atom bomb on 9 August 1945, the B-29 Bockscar experienced an uncanny luminous blue plasma forming around the spinning
St._Elmo's_fire
Conventional high-explosive bomb
structural damage." Blockbuster bomb FAB-5000 Tallboy On 9 August 1945, Bockscar completed the sole Fat Man mission, bombing Nagasaki Campbell 2005, pp
Pumpkin_bomb
Largest city in Nebraska, US
1940s that produced 521 B-29 Superfortresses, including the Enola Gay and Bockscar used in the atomic bombing of Japan in World War II. The construction of
Omaha,_Nebraska
US Army Air Forces officer
called Bockscar, an aircraft named for and usually flown by Bock. The staff was swapped just before the raid, and Major Charles Sweeney piloted Bockscar, which
Frederick_C._Bock
World War II Allied nuclear weapons program
from the attack by December 1945. On the morning of 9 August 1945, the Bockscar, a second B-29 piloted by the 393d Bombardment Squadron's commander, Major
Manhattan_Project
US Air Force base near Omaha, Nebraska
1924. Offutt AFB's legacy includes the construction of the Enola Gay and Bockscar, the planes that dropped Little Boy and Fat Man over Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Offutt_Air_Force_Base
US Air Force unit tasked with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
takeoff (all times Tinian; Nagasaki times were one hour earlier) when Bockscar reached 5,000 feet (1,500 m) of altitude. When the daylight rendezvous
509th_Composite_Group
B-29 bomber that observed the bombing of Nagasaki
Group, it was used as a camera plane in support of the bomb-carrying B-29 Bockscar to photograph the explosion and effects of the bomb, and also to carry
Big_Stink_(aircraft)
US Air Force officer (1921-1992)
on Hiroshima. Three days later, Beser would become a crewmember aboard Bockscar when the Fat Man bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. He was the only person to
Jacob_Beser
Core city in Kyushu, Japan
workers, and 400 Allied POWs. That day, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar, commanded by Major Charles Sweeney, departed from Tinian's North Field
Nagasaki
London-born journalist
Among the exhibits at the US Air Force's... museum in Dayton, Ohio, is Bockscar, the B-29 that dropped the Nagasaki bomb. It is proudly identified as 'the
Andrew_Cockburn
Defunct American aerospace manufacturer (1917–61)
manufactured there were all the Silverplate aircraft, including Enola Gay and Bockscar, which dropped the two war-ending atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Glenn_L._Martin_Company
Numbered air force of the US Air Force
attack. The plutonium bomb called "Fat Man" was loaded into a B-29 known as Bockscar (Martin-Omaha built B-29-35-MO serial number 44-27297, the name often spelled
Twentieth_Air_Force
American entertainer (1901–1979)
clamps used to hold the atomic bombs inside the B-29 bombers Enola Gay and Bockscar. He obtained patents for a wristwatch that monitored pulse rate and sounded
Zeppo_Marx
Airborne warfare throughout World War II
General Army and Fifth Division). On 9 August, three days later, the B-29 Bockscar flew over the Japanese city of Nagasaki in northwest Kyushu and dropped
Strategic bombing during World War II
Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II
Archipelago in the north-western Pacific Ocean
Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, and others. Both US bombers the Enola Gay and the Bockscar (which dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively) flew
Mariana_Islands
Section of the Manhattan Project, active 1945
USN, of the 1st Ordnance Squadron as his assistant weaponeer on the B-29 Bockscar. Project Alberta's Walter Goodman and Lawrence H. Johnston were on board
Project_Alberta
American post-hardcore band
bomb that was detonated over Nagasaki, was dropped from the B-29 bomber Bockscar (commonly misspelled Boxcar). The record was originally conceived as a
Box_Car_Racer
American nuclear archaeologist (1946–2021)
Base in Ohio, where bombs were on display, along with the Boeing B-29 Bockscar, which had dropped a Fat Man bomb on Nagasaki. While there he found that
John_Coster-Mullen
Aspect of Asian history
Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki from a different Silverplate B-29 named Bockscar, flown by Major General Charles Sweeney. The original target was Kokura
End_of_World_War_II_in_Asia
Japanese atomic bombing survivor
describing the blast in Hiroshima to his supervisor, when the American bomber Bockscar dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb over the city. His workplace again put
Tsutomu_Yamaguchi
Military and aviation museum in Dayton, Ohio, United States
B-36 Peacemakers, the only surviving North American XB-70 Valkyrie and Bockscar—the Boeing B-29 Superfortress that dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki
National Museum of the United States Air Force
National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force
Calendar year
Japan. August 9 – WWII: Atomic bombing of Nagasaki: United States B-29 Bockscar drops a plutonium-239 atomic bomb, codenamed "Fat Man", on the Japanese
1945
Political division of the Northern Mariana Islands
specialized Silverplate nuclear weapons delivery B-29 bombers Enola Gay and Bockscar, which respectively carried the two atomic bombs named Little Boy and Fat
Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands
Tinian,_Northern_Mariana_Islands
B-29 Superfortress
bomb Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, but landed at Iwo Jima when the B-29 Bockscar was able to complete the mission. One of 15 Silverplate B-29s used by the
Full_House_(aircraft)
The Bockscar B-29 that was used to deliver the Fat Man bomb and a post war Mk III nuclear weapon painted to resemble the Fat Man, at the National Museum
History_of_nuclear_weapons
Among the exhibits at the US Air Force's... museum in Dayton, Ohio, is Bockscar, the B-29 that dropped the Nagasaki bomb. It is proudly identified as 'the
Japan_during_World_War_II
2013 film by Ruben Fleischer
Sergeant Will Hendricks Mac Brandt as Bruiser Brandon Molale as Jimmy "Bockscar" Knox Michael Papajohn as Mike "The Flea" Jeff Wolfe as Giovanni Vacarezza
Gangster_Squad_(film)
Topics referred to by the same term
(1990 song), a song by Blue Cheer off the album Highlights and Lowlives Bockscar, the B-29 that dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb onto Nagasaki in WWII Manhattan
Enola_Gay_(disambiguation)
Controversies surrounding nuclear attacks
The Bockscar B-29 that was used to deliver the Fat Man bomb to Nagasaki and a post war Mk III nuclear weapon painted to resemble the Fat Man
Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Debate_over_the_atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
Bomber aircraft of the largest size and load carrying capacity
Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, B-29 Bockscar dropped another on Nagasaki. The war ended when Japan announced its surrender
Heavy_bomber
United States Navy admiral
was a United States Navy officer who served as the weaponeer on the B-29 Bockscar that dropped a Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan on 9 August 1945
Frederick_Ashworth
Part of the post-WWII era and the Cold War
second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki by the B-29 bombers named Enola Gay and Bockscar respectively. Shortly after the end of the Second World War in 1945, the
Nuclear_arms_race
Former airfield in Yomitan, Okinawa
major American base for Army, Marine, and Navy aircraft. The Boeing B-29 Bockscar landed at Yomitan after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. After 1947, there
Yomitan_Auxiliary_Airfield
County in Nebraska, United States
aircraft during World War II, including the notable B-29's Enola Gay and Bockscar. Offutt Air Force Base was the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command
Sarpy_County,_Nebraska
Day of the year
devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, including 23,200–28,200
August_9
Aircraft used during the raid on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945
avoid delaying the mission, Sweeney traded airplanes with the crew of Bockscar to carry the Fat Man atomic bomb to Nagasaki. Captain Frederick C. Bock
The_Great_Artiste
Surname list
Cricketer Charles Donald Albury (1920–2009), American co-pilot of the B-29 Bockscar when it dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki James Albury (born 1986), Australian
Albury_(surname)
Japanese have been evacuating in anticipation of this. 9: The B-29 bomber Bockscar drops the second atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Nagasaki. 10: The Japanese government
Timeline of World War II (1945)
Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1945)
City in Essex County, Massachusetts, US
John Appleton, congressman Frederick L. Ashworth, naval weaponer aboard Bockscar which dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan John Baker, first Mayor
Beverly,_Massachusetts
US Air Force officer
He was the bombardier on the crew flying the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar on August 9, 1945 (his 27th birthday), that dropped the second atomic bomb
Kermit_Beahan
Base World War II bases in the Mariana Islands
The bombs were loaded on to the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay and Bockscar. The US Naval built bases for troops, ships, submarines, PT boats, seaplanes
US_Naval_Base_Marianas
US Air Force officer (1918–c. 1951)
explosion. Hopkins failed to make the rendezvous with the strike plane, Bockscar, at Yakushima, causing a 45-minute delay that critically affected the mission's
James_I._Hopkins_Jr.
(Hachigatsu no rapusodī) (八月の狂詩曲) Akira Kurosawa Nagasaki family after Bockscar drops atomic bomb 1991 France Germany Poland Warsaw – Year 5703 Warszawa
List of World War II feature films since 1990
List_of_World_War_II_feature_films_since_1990
Secret laboratory established by the Manhattan Project
Barnes, of the 1st Ordnance Squadron as assistant weaponeer on the B-29 Bockscar. Walter Goodman and Lawrence H. Johnston were on board the instrumentation
Project_Y
Massachusetts Air National Guard installation
commander of the 60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. Charles Sweeney, commanded Bockscar, the B-29 that dropped Fat Man on Nagasaki, later 102nd Air Defense Wing
Otis_Air_National_Guard_Base
Fortress 41-24485 "Memphis Belle" Boeing B-29 Superfortress 44-27297 "Bockscar" – weapon delivery aircraft used in atomic bombing on Nagasaki Bristol
List of aircraft at the National Museum of the United States Air Force
List_of_aircraft_at_the_National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force
Former aerospace facility in Nebraska, US
were produced at the Nebraska site. Among these were the Enola Gay and Bockscar, the aircraft that dropped the first atomic weapons to be used in a military
Glenn_L._Martin_Bomber_Plant
Television program
Larger than life legends roaming the La Brea Tar Pits Museum. The little Bockscar that could and the fateful day that changed the course of history forever
Mysteries_at_the_Museum
Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist (1928–2018)
the city. He recalled hearing, as a 16-year-old boy, the bomber plane Bockscar before the atom bomb exploded. The explosion flash blinded Shimomura for
Osamu_Shimomura
uranium-235 weapon, on the city of Hiroshima, the primary target. August 9: B-29 Bockscar drops a Fat Man implosion-type plutonium weapon on the city of Nagasaki
Timeline of the Manhattan Project
Timeline_of_the_Manhattan_Project
Aerial bombing of Japan during World War II
second atomic bomb attack was made on 9 August. On this day, the B-29 Bockscar was dispatched to attack Kokura with the "Fat Man" bomb. The city was found
Air_raids_on_Japan
which the raid on Nagasaki was staged. On the island, only hours before Bockscar took off for Japan, the hemispheres—called the "pit", on analogy with the
List of United States Military Academy alumni
List_of_United_States_Military_Academy_alumni
Gay on Hiroshima (Little Boy, a gun-type atomic bomb) and on Nagasaki by Bockscar (Fat Man, an implosion-type atomic bomb) had blast yields of the equivalents
List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests
Tourism involving travel to nuclear sites
the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio – the Nagasaki B-29 bomber (Bockscar) and missiles National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. – the Hiroshima
Atomic_tourism
assigned to Frederick C. Bock at Wendover AAF in April. Given the name "Bockscar" by her crew. Arrived in Tinian 16 June for service with the 393d Bombardment
List of surviving Boeing B-29 Superfortresses
List_of_surviving_Boeing_B-29_Superfortresses
history. 9 August 1945 — World War II, Atomic bombing of Nagasaki: The Bockscar Boeing B-29 dropped the "Fat Man" on Nagasaki, Japan. This marked second
Timeline_of_military_aviation
Test detonation on 12 February 2013
on Hiroshima (Little Boy, a "gun-type" nuclear bomb) and on Nagasaki by Bockscar (Fat Man, an "implosion-type" nuclear bomb) had blast yield equivalences
2013 North Korean nuclear test
2013_North_Korean_nuclear_test
Historic veterans cemetery in Harris County, Texas
American pitcher in Major League Baseball Kermit Beahan, bombardier of the Bockscar, which dropped the second atomic bomb in Japan Brooks Benedict, actor Walt
Houston_National_Cemetery
US Air Force unit
Tibbets Jr., dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The B-29 "Bockscar," piloted by Maj. Charles Sweeney, flew over the Japanese mainland on 9
509th_Bomb_Wing
United States Army Air Forces officer
executed five days after the U.S. Army Air Forces Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar had dropped a second American nuclear weapon on Japan, on the city of Nagasaki
Jerry_Yellin
2002 studio album by Box Car Racer
bomb that was detonated over Nagasaki, was dropped from the B-29 bomber Bockscar (commonly misspelled Boxcar). Box Car Racer was recorded over six weeks
Box_Car_Racer_(album)
Nonstop flight made by the USAAF after WW2
voyage. One of the crewmen was Captain Kermit Beahan, bombardier aboard Bockscar. Others included Lieutenant Bill Dolan, who served as one of the pilots
1945_Japan–Washington_flight
Surname list
Kermit Beahan (1918–1989), bombardier on the American B-29 Superfortress Bockscar Kevin Beahan (1933–2022), Irish Gaelic footballer Michael Beahan (1937–2022)
Beahan
English mathematician and physicist (1909–1991)
observation plane Big Stink. Big Stink missed its rendezvous with the bomber Bockscar, so they witnessed the flash of the Nagasaki detonation from the air at
William_Penney,_Baron_Penney
Month of 1945
French flatulist Atomic bombing of Nagasaki: United States B-29 bomber Bockscar dropped a plutonium-239 atomic bomb codenamed "Fat Man" on the Japanese
August_1945
Topics referred to by the same term
function Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, a U.S. military transport aircraft Bockscar, an American aircraft that bombed Nagasaki in 1945 All pages with titles
Boxcar_(disambiguation)
1947 film by Norman Taurog
Paul Van Sloun and Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Sweeney, the pilot of Bockscar, the bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Scientists were alarmed
The_Beginning_or_the_End
1927–1930 First flight from California to Hawaii on June 28–29, 1927. Bockscar Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomber United States Army Air Forces World War
List_of_individual_aircraft
Veterans cemetery in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
(1919–2004). US Army Air Forces pilot who flew the B-29 Superfortress Bockscar carrying the Fat Man atomic bomb to Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 John J.
Massachusetts National Cemetery
Massachusetts_National_Cemetery
American general (1891–1967)
with love and kisses, T. F. Farrell." The bomb was loaded on the B-29 Bockscar. During pre-flight inspection, a fuel pump was found to be faulty, meaning
Thomas Farrell (United States Army officer)
Thomas_Farrell_(United_States_Army_officer)
Military unit
Brigadier General Charles W. Sweeney, pilot of the B-29 Superfortress Bockscar that dropped the Fat Man nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. During his tenure
102nd_Intelligence_Wing
American novelist
Karuizawa, Japan with Captain Kermit Beahan, bombardier of the bomber "The Bockscar" who released the atomic bomb over Nagasaki. Macauley described Beahan
Robie_Macauley
Military unit
Tibbets, Jr., dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The B-29 "Bockscar," piloted by Major Charles Sweeney flew over the Japanese mainland on 9
509th_Operations_Group
groups related to the Omaha Race Riot of 1919. In 1945 the Enola Gay and Bockscar were two of 536 B-29 Superfortresses manufactured at the Glenn L. Martin
History_of_Omaha,_Nebraska
Cargo ship of the United States Navy
Fat Man onto aircraft named Bockscar to drop bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. Project Alberta was name of the operation and Bockscar the aircraft that dropped the
USS_Corvus
Martin-Omaha B-29-35-MO Superfortress 44-27297 "Bockscar"
List of Boeing B-29 Superfortress operators
List_of_Boeing_B-29_Superfortress_operators
recipient, raised in Lowell Charles Sweeney, USAF major who piloted the B-29 Bockscar on its mission to drop the Fat Man nuclear weapon on Nagasaki Edgar A.
List of people from Lowell, Massachusetts
List_of_people_from_Lowell,_Massachusetts
American intelligence officer (1917–1978)
which the raid on Nagasaki was staged. On the island, only hours before Bockscar took off for Japan, the hemispheres—called the "pit", on analogy with the
Peer_de_Silva
Major World War II base
Bomb Loading Pit" where the Fat Man was loaded into B-29 Superfortress Bockscar at 15°04′59″N 145°38′02″E / 15.083°N 145.634°E / 15.083; 145.634 The
Tinian_Naval_Base
actress, kidney cancer. Charles Donald Albury, 88, American co-pilot of the Bockscar at atomic bombing of Nagasaki, heart failure. Sir Derek Bowett, 82, British
Deaths_in_May_2009
Aspect of Japan's military history
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki from bases on Tinian in the Marianas Islands. Bockscar, the B-29 that dropped the Fat Man nuclear weapon on Nagasaki, landed at
Japan and weapons of mass destruction
Japan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
organization. August 9 – Atomic bombing of Nagasaki: United States B-29 Bockscar drops a plutonium-239 atomic bomb, codenamed "Fat Man", on the Japanese
1945_in_the_United_States
Month in 1919
Born: Charles Sweeney, American air force officer, commander of the bomber Bockscar which carried the atom bomb Fat Man that was dropped on Nagasaki, recipient
December_1919
Beahan, 70, American officer in the U.S. Air Force, bombardier on the Bockscar atomic bomb flight, heart attack. André Hornez, 83, French lyricist (C'est
Deaths_in_March_1989
metric tons) of bombs on Yawata, Japan. August 9 The B-29 Superfortress Bockscar drops the plutonium-239 atomic bomb Fat Man on Nagasaki, Japan. Carrier
1945_in_aviation
heart attack. Charles Sweeney, 84, American Air Force officer, pilot of Bockscar, the B-29 that dropped the Nagasaki atomic bomb. Susan, Crown Princess
Deaths_in_July_2004
determined in their quest for peace during a radio report. The B-29 bomber Bockscar drops the second atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Nagasaki. August 14 – President
Timeline of the Harry S. Truman presidency
Timeline_of_the_Harry_S._Truman_presidency
BOCKSCAR
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Girl/Female
Australian, German, Polish
Wanderer
Boy/Male
English
Lord.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Happy for entire life
Male
African
blood.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Glow of Moon, Light of the Moon
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Divine; The Heaven
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Brill in Buckinghamshire, named with the Celtic element bre- ‘hill’ + Old English hyll also ‘hill’.North German and Dutch : habitational name from any of various places in northwestern Germany and the Netherlands named Brill, from Middle Low German brūl, bröil ‘wet lowland’. Compare German Bruehl.German : from Middle Low German brill ‘eyeglasses’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of spectacles or perhaps a nickname for someone who wore them.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : acronymic surname from Hebrew ben rabi ‘son of …’ and the first letter of each part of a Yiddish double male personal name, most likely Yude (Juda) Leyb. Many Ashkenazic family names beginning with Br- and Bar- are probably of acronymic origin, but without detailed evidence from family histories it is impossible to specify the personal name from which each is derived.
Surname or Lastname
Muslim
Muslim : from a personal name based on Arabic salmÄn ‘safe’. SalmÄn al-Farsi was one of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad. This name is widespread throughout the Muslim world.Variant of Suleiman.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Salmon 2.English, French, Dutch, and German : from a reduced form of Salomon. Compare Salmon 1.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Lotus
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone employed in the pantry of a great house or monastery, from Middle English spense ‘larder’ + the agent suffix -er.
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