B-29 Superfortress Diecast Model, USAAF 509th Composite Group, #44-27297 Bockscar
AF-A00112CProduct Details
Air Force 1 Aircraft (Series 2) A00112C |
1:144 Scale | Length | Width | ||
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Boeing B-29 Superfortress | 8.25" | 11.75" |
BOCKS CAR, (occasionally Bock's Car or Bocks Car) is the name of the U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 bomber (Serial Number 44-27297) which dropped the second nuclear weapon ever used in warfare, on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945. The weapon was known as "Fat Man". This historic aircraft is sometimes referred to as "Bocks Car" or "Bock's Car". The name painted on the aircraft after the mission (above) has no apostrophe and it is painted in all capital letters. BOCKS CAR is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.