Pilot of the B-29 bomber 'Bock's Car', which dropped the atomic bomb on
Nagasaki, Japan at the end of World War II.
Was the pilot of the U.S. bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on
Nagasaki, Japan in the last days of World War II
Piloted the B-29 airplane called 'Bock's Car' that dropped the atomic
bomb nicknamed 'Fat Man' on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9,1945, in the
final days of World War II. It killed 70,000 people.
Was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in 1956. At that time he
was the youngest man in the Air Force to reach that rank. He was 36
years old.
He was 25 years old when he piloted the B-29 bomber that attacked
Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945. This was three days after the Enola
Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and six days before their surrender was announced by Imperial Japan (on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945).
surrendered.