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Sweeney died at age 84 on 16 July 2004, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. [29] A short documentary featuring an audio recording of Sweeney describing the Nagasaki mission preparation and execution called "Nagasaki: The Commander's Voice" was made in 2005. The 2002 audio recording was the last one made before his death.
The mission included three B-29 bombers and their crews: Bockscar, The Great Artiste and The Big Stink. Bockscar was flown on 9 August 1945 by Crew C-15, which usually manned The Great Artiste; piloted by Major Charles W. Sweeney, commander of the 393d Bombardment Squadron; and co-piloted by First Lieutenant Charles Donald Albury, C-15's aircraft commander. [7]
Weather reconnaissance (Nagasaki) Enola Gay: Colonel Paul W. Tibbets: Dimples 82: Weapon delivery The Great Artiste: Major Charles W. Sweeney: Dimples 89: Blast measurement instrumentation Necessary Evil: Captain George W. Marquardt: Dimples 91: Strike observation and photography Big Stink: 1st Lieutenant Charles F. McKnight: Dimples 90: Strike ...
On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima -- and newly revealed photos shed light on the preparations for the attack. On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on ...
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On August 9, 1945, a second and more powerful plutonium implosion atomic bomb, Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki from a different Silverplate B-29 named Bockscar, flown by Major General Charles Sweeney. The original target was Kokura, but thick clouds covered the city, so the plane was flown to the secondary target, Nagasaki, instead. It killed ...
One exception is Sweeney, who served from 1941 to 1976 and died in 2004. Sweeney is most known for his role in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in August 1945.
The film crew shot 27,000 m (90,000 ft) of film, resulting in a three-hour documentary titled The Effects of the Atomic Bombs Against Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The documentary included images from hospitals, burned-out buildings and cars, and rows of skulls and bones on the ground. It was classified "secret" for the next 22 years.