the Hanford Site, and one was dropped from the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar piloted by Major Charles Sweeney. The name Fat Man refers to the early... 47 KB (5,731 words) - 13:30, 1 April 2024 |
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... 147 KB (16,211 words) - 08:35, 23 April 2024 |