Where did the bomber flown by Frederick Bock famously drop an atomic bomb on?
Charles Sweeney Major General Charles W. Sweeney (December 27, 1919 – July 16, 2004) was an officer in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and the pilot who flew Bockscar carrying the Fat Man atomic bomb to the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Separating from active duty at the end of World War II, he later became an officer in the Massachusetts Air National Guard as the Army Air Forces transitioned to an independent U.S. Air Force, eventually rising to the rank of Major General.
Bombings of Heilbronn in World War II During World War II, the German city of Heilbronn was bombed many times by the British and the United States Air Forces. The largest air-raid occurred on December 4, 1944, but Heilbronn was targeted several times before and after until the end of World War II. In 1944 Heilbronn was attacked to a point where alarms in the city were almost daily. Altogether, an estimated 7,000 inhabitants lost their lives during the bombing.