Charles William Sweeney (December 27, 1919 – July 16, 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 August 9, 1945. Separating from active duty at the end of World War II, he later became an officer in the Massachusetts Air National Guard as the Army Air Forces transitioned to an independent United States Air Force, eventually rising to the rank of major general.
Charles William Sweeney (December 27, 1919 – July 16, 2004) was an officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the pilot who...
dropped from the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar piloted by Major CharlesSweeney. The name Fat Man refers to the early design of the bomb because it...
Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls (1846–1847). The original tale...
The CharlesSweeney Cabin is a structure within the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. It was registered in the National Park Service's...
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O'Connor, J. B. Priestley, Saburo Sakai, Albert Speer, James Stewart, CharlesSweeney, Paul Tibbets, Walter Warlimont, Takeo Yoshikawa and historian Stephen...
General Sweeney may refer to: CharlesSweeney (1919–2004), U.S. Army Air Forces major general Joseph Sweeney (Irish politician) (1897–1980), Irish National...
That day, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar, commanded by Major CharlesSweeney, departed from Tinian's North Field just before dawn, this time carrying...
Bockscar, piloted by the 393d Bombardment Squadron's commander, Major Charles W. Sweeney, dropped the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb with a blast yield equivalent...
Garand': The Story of the Type 4". Fowler, Will; North, Anthony; Stronge, Charles; Sweeney, Patrick (September 2008). The Complete Encyclopedia of Guns. p. 435...
Clan Sweeney is an Irish clan of Scottish origin. The Mac Suibhne family did not permanently settle in Ireland before the beginning of the 14th century...
Privy Council President Robert Reed High Court of Tuvalu Chief Justice CharlesSweeney Elections 1977 general elections 1981 general elections 1985 general...
of Captain CharlesSweeney to test the XB-29 and YB-29 delivered to Eglin Air Force Base in September 1943. Albury joined (now Major) Sweeney at Wendover...
name Larry Sweeney. He performed primarily on the American independent circuit, but also competed in Canada, Mexico, Japan and Europe. Sweeney's first professional...
Privy Council President Robert Reed High Court of Tuvalu Chief Justice CharlesSweeney Elections 1977 general elections 1981 general elections 1985 general...
Hamilton Sweeney KC (born 18 March 1954), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Sweeney, was a High Court judge. He retired on 18 March 2023. Sweeney studied law...
penny dreadful serial from 1846 to 47. The main character of the story is Sweeney Todd, "the Demon Barber of Fleet Street". The story was the character's...
Major General CharlesSweeney related an alleged 1944 incident that may have been the basis for the "It wouldn't dare" comment. Sweeney stated that a...
Vavra, Ashley; Stiles, Anquonette; Fisher, William E.; Brunicardi, F Charles; Sweeney, John F. (2006). "Laparoscopic Colon Resection Early in the Learning...
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