Where did the bomber flown by Frederick Bock famously drop an atomic bomb on?
Frederick C. Bock Frederick C. Bock (January 18, 1918 – August 25, 2000) was a World War II pilot who took part in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945, flying the B-29 bomber "The Great Artiste", which was used for scientific measurements of the effects caused by the nuclear weapon. The bomber which actually dropped Fat Man was called "Bockscar" as it was usually flown by Frederick Bock. The staff was swapped just before the raid and Major Charles Sweeney piloted "Bockscar", which flew with "The Great Artiste" and another aircraft. A native of Greenville, Michigan, Bock died at his Arizona home in 2000, of cancer.
B77 nuclear bomb The B77 was a nuclear bomb designed in 1974 to match the delivery capabilities of the B-1A bomber. This included the ability to be dropped from supersonic speeds at altitudes of 60,000 feet, or in a laydown delivery at high subsonic speeds at altitudes as low as 100 feet. Meant to replace the Mk 28 and Mk 43 in the strategic role, the program was cancelled in December 1977 due to rising costs and the cancellation of the bomber it had been designed to serve. Many components of the B77 including its already tested physics package (the actual bomb core) were incorporated in the B83 which was developed in its place.