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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Bockscar canonical 16
B-29 Bockscar 1
B-29 Superfortress Bockscar (usual assigned aircraft) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Boeing B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
bomber aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
surface form: Silverplate B-29 modification
aircraftRole heavy bomber ⓘ
aircraftSeries B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
surface form: B-29
aircraftType B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
bombingMethod high-altitude bombing ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
constructionMaterial metal monoplane ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 Tinian ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
notableEvent atomic bombing mission against Nagasaki ⓘ
notableFor dropping the second nuclear weapon used in war ⓘ
operatedByUnit 509th Composite Group ⓘ
surface form: 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 War ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Theater
tookPartIn Pacific War ⓘ
atomic bombing of Nagasaki ⓘ
usedBy United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
usedInNuclearWarfare true ⓘ
weaponTypeDelivered plutonium implosion-type nuclear bomb ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

atomic bombing of Nagasaki → usedAircraft → Bockscar ⓘ
Fat Man → deliveryAircraft → Bockscar ⓘ
this entity surface form: B-29 Bockscar
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki → aircraftUsedAtNagasaki → Bockscar ⓘ
B-29 Superfortress → notableAircraft → Bockscar ⓘ
Bockscar → nicknamed → Bockscar self-link ⓘ
Tinian → aircraftDepartedFrom → Bockscar ⓘ
509th Composite Group → aircraft → Bockscar ⓘ
Circle R → notableAircraftBearingMarking → Bockscar ⓘ
Circle R → relatedTo → Bockscar ⓘ
National Museum of the United States Air Force → notableExhibit → Bockscar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boeing B-29 Bockscar
aircraft commander Charles W. Sweeney → aircraftCommanded → Bockscar ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles W. Sweeney
this entity surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Bockscar"
Captain Frederick C. Bock → commanded → Bockscar ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick C. Bock
this entity surface form: B-29 Superfortress Bockscar (usual assigned aircraft)
Captain Frederick C. Bock → associatedWith → Bockscar ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick C. Bock
North Field → notableAircraft → Bockscar ⓘ
Operation Centerboard II → launchAircraft → Bockscar ⓘ
393d Bombardment Squadron → notableAircraft → Bockscar ⓘ
Wendover Army Air Field, Utah → associatedWith → Bockscar ⓘ
subject surface form: Wendover Army Air Field
The Atomic Bomb Group → aircraftInvolved → Bockscar ⓘ
Triangle N (509th Composite Group marking) → appliedTo → Bockscar ⓘ
Operation Silverplate → notableAircraft → Bockscar ⓘ