Veterans Day 2012 Bockscar Historical Record
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Authors
Prince, Wendy S.
Issue Date
2012-01-01
Type
article
Language
en_US
Keywords
Veteran , Veterans , World War II , Air Force , Atomic Bomb , Military
Alternative Title
Abstract
2012 Veterans' Day display featured the 509th Composite Group. The 509th was the first USAAF bombardment group to be organized, equipped, and trained for atomic warfare. The materials were acquired by 509th crew member, Lt. Cecil N. King, and loaned to the library by his son-in-law Richard Black, director of the Office of Design and Production.
2001 509th Composite Group reunion booklet page 59
393rd Bombardment Squadron Historical records (p59) for Bockscar
Bockscar is the plane that dropped the second atomic bomb, Fat Man, on Nagasaki August 9, 1945.