Bockscar

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Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft military aircraft

Bockscar was the U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the "Fat Man" nuclear weapon on Nagasaki during World War II.

Aliases (1)

B-29 Bockscar ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Boeing B-29 Superfortress → bomber aircraft → military aircraft →
aircraftConfiguration	Silverplate B-29 modification →
aircraftRole	heavy bomber →
aircraftSeries	B-29 →
aircraftType	B-29 Superfortress →
bombingMethod	high-altitude bombing →
conflict	World War II →
constructionMaterial	metal monoplane →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
crewPositionOnNagasakiMission	aircraft commander Charles W. Sweeney →
crewType	multi-crew bomber →
currentLocation	National Museum of the United States Air Force →
currentLocationBase	Wright-Patterson Air Force Base →
currentLocationCity	Dayton, Ohio →
deliveredWeapon	Fat Man →
designedFor	carrying atomic bombs →
displayStatus	museum exhibit →
historicalSignificance	helped bring about the end of World War II in the Pacific →
homeBaseDuringWWII	North Field, Tinian →
manufacturer	Boeing →
missionDate	1945-08-09 →
missionOrigin	Tinian →
missionRole	delivery of nuclear weapon →
missionTargetCountry	Japan →
namedAfter	Captain Frederick C. Bock →
nicknamed	Bockscar →
notableEvent	atomic bombing mission against Nagasaki →
notableFor	dropping the second nuclear weapon used in war →
operatedByUnit	393d Bombardment Squadron → 509th Composite Group →
operator	United States Army Air Forces →
propulsionType	four-engine propeller-driven →
serviceBranch	United States Army Air Forces →
serviceEntryEra	1940s →
survivedWar	true →
tailNumber	44-27297 →
targetCity	Nagasaki →
theaterOfOperations	Pacific Theater →
tookPartIn	Pacific War → atomic bombing of Nagasaki →
usedBy	United States →
usedInNuclearWarfare	true →
weaponTypeDelivered	plutonium implosion-type nuclear bomb →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
509th Composite Group →	aircraft
Tinian →	aircraftDepartedFrom
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki →	aircraftUsedAtNagasaki
Fat Man ("B-29 Bockscar") →	deliveryAircraft
Bockscar →	nicknamed
B-29 Superfortress →	notableAircraft
Circle R →	notableAircraftBearingMarking
Circle R →	relatedTo
atomic bombing of Nagasaki →	usedAircraft