509th Composite Group Images Levy
Charles Levy (509th Composite Group) was the bombardier for Bocks Car, the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.
Identifier
NASM.1994.0033
Creator
Levy, Charles
Date
[ca. 1940s]
Provenance
Charles Levy, gift, 1994, 1994-0033, NASM
Extent
0.45 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box))
Restrictions
No restrictions on access
General
NASMrev
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Color transparencies
Black-and-white negatives
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 524 b&w copy negatives and four color transparencies documenting Levy and the 509th Composite Group. The images cover the following: personnel at work and play; aircraft -- mostly B-29s; base buildings at Tinian; and native populations. Copy prints were also made of the 509th newspaper, Daily Mission, and the route maps which were used for practice and actual bombing missions. There are also four oversized prints of the bombing sites.
Genre/Form
Color transparencies
Black-and-white negatives
Rights
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Creator
Levy, Charles
Names
United States. Army Air Forces. 509th Composite Group
Levy, Charles
Topic
World War, 1939-1945
Aeronautics
Aeronautics, Military
Atomic bomb
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Kneival Rocket Car (Truax X-2 Sky-Cycle)
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
