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Near disaster over Nagasaki: three days after Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the B-29 Bockscar, carrying 'Fat Man,' came close to catastrophe
- Source :
- Aviation History. September, 2015, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p22, 10 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- After a harrowing takeoff from North Field on Tinian Island, in the Marianas, aircraft commander Major Charles 'Chuck' Sweeney swung the overweight B-29 Bockscar around to the northwest and began [...]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10768858
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Aviation History
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.419925940