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Charles Michael Sweeny (January 26, 1882 – February 27, 1963) was an American soldier of fortune, United States Army lieutenant colonel, French Foreign Legion officer, [1] Polish army brigadier general, [2] [3] Royal Air Force (RAF) group captain, and journalist who fought in numerous conflicts in the 20th century.
Charles William Sweeney (27 December 1919 – 16 July 2004) was an officer in the United States 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 9 August 1945.
Translation: "The American volunteer pilots left yesterday for Morocco / Before departure: General Dumesnil gives the American colonel Sweeny a bon voyage toast." Photo of American members of the Escadrille Cherifienne, which carried out the bombardment of Chefchaouen, at a charity ball for the Association des Dames Françaises held at Majestic.
American mercenary Colonel Charles Sweeny began recruiting American citizens to fight as a US volunteer detachment in the French Air Force, however France fell before this was implemented. [13] During the Battle of Britain, 11 American pilots flew in the Royal Air Force.
Colonel Charles Michael Sweeny [12] [13] Captain Paul Ayres Rockwell [12] Commander James Sussan/Susson, Canadian former commander [clarification needed] pilot in the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom [12] [13] Donald Mac Gibeny, former pilot of United States Air Force [12] Captain Samuel J. Mustain, former pilot of United States Air Force ...
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Above and Beyond is a 1952 American World War II film about Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., the pilot of the aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945. Directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama , it stars Robert Taylor as Tibbets and features a love story with Eleanor Parker as his wife.
The 509th CG made history on 6 August 1945, when the B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay," piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The B-29 "Bockscar," piloted by Major Charles Sweeney visited the Japanese mainland on 9 August 1945 and dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki.