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.
1945 Bombing of Prague The Bombing of Prague occurred towards the end of World War II on February 14, 1945, when the US Army Air Forces carried out an air raid over Prague. The city was the capital of Czechoslovakia and (since the Nazi occupation in 1939) the main city of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. According to American pilots, it was the result of a navigation mistake: at the same time, a massive bombing of Dresden was under way, 120 km north-west from Prague.