Charles W. Sweeney
Charles W. Sweeney, who piloted the "Bock's Car," the second B-29 to drop an atomic bomb on Japan during World War II, died July 15 in Boston. He was 84. The cause of death was not disclosed. On Aug. 9, 1945, only three days after the "Enola Gay" struck Hiroshima, Sweeney and his crew flew their...
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