Tinian Island.
The b-29 plane was name bockscar and the pilot was Major Charles W. Sweeney.
Prisoner of War Information Bureau states the camp was on the island of Koyagi Shima, five miles out in Nagasaki Bay. It was named-Fukuoka #2.
There was only one plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, in World War II. There was only one bomb dropped on Nagasaki. A second atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, by Colonel Paul Tibbets, who piloted the B-29 bomber, Enola Gay. There were other planes involved in the mission over Nagasaki, but it was the B-29 bomber, Bockscar, that dropped the atomic bomb, "Fat Man," on Nagasaki. Bockscar was flown by Major Charles Sweeney.Over the years, there has been some confusion concerning the name of the bomber that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. Some have claimed the plane was named Bock's Car or Bocks Car. The name that appears on the front of the plane is Bockscar. The plane was originally assigned to Captain Frederick C. Bock. However, due a mix-up regarding how each of the mission's planes were equipped, Bockscar was flown by Sweeney instead of Bock.See Sources and relate links for more information and a photo of Bockscar.
The nuke that hit nagasaki was known as the fat man
Bockscar is the name of the U. S. Army Air Forces B-29 bomber that dropped the the atomic bomb, "Fat Man," on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The name, which is painted on the aircraft is a pun on "boxcar," after the name of the aircraft's commander, Captain Frederick C. Bock. For this mission, however, it was Major Charles Sweeney who flew Bockscar. Some official and unofficial documents have mistakenly called the plane Bock's Car, Bocks Car and Box Car over the years.See Sources and related links for additional information and a photo of Bockscar.
The b-29 plane was name bockscar and the pilot was Major Charles W. Sweeney.
Prisoner of War Information Bureau states the camp was on the island of Koyagi Shima, five miles out in Nagasaki Bay. It was named-Fukuoka #2.
There was only one plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, in World War II. There was only one bomb dropped on Nagasaki. A second atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, by Colonel Paul Tibbets, who piloted the B-29 bomber, Enola Gay. There were other planes involved in the mission over Nagasaki, but it was the B-29 bomber, Bockscar, that dropped the atomic bomb, "Fat Man," on Nagasaki. Bockscar was flown by Major Charles Sweeney.Over the years, there has been some confusion concerning the name of the bomber that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. Some have claimed the plane was named Bock's Car or Bocks Car. The name that appears on the front of the plane is Bockscar. The plane was originally assigned to Captain Frederick C. Bock. However, due a mix-up regarding how each of the mission's planes were equipped, Bockscar was flown by Sweeney instead of Bock.See Sources and relate links for more information and a photo of Bockscar.
Nagasaki is the name of both a prefecture and the capitol of it on Kyuushuu island, Japan. Written 長崎 /na ga sa ki/ it could literally be given a meaning of 'long headland/penninsula'.
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The nuke that hit nagasaki was known as the fat man
The plane Enola Gay' - was named after Enola Gay Tibbets- the mother of the pilot Colonel Paul Tibbets, who flew the mission to drop the first atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
'Enola Gay' a B29 Superfortress. James Doolittle. I'm thinking it was the same aircraft used at both Hiroshima & Nagasaki.....
what was the name of her plane
nagasaki and hiroshima
"Fat Man" .
Fat man