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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.
NASM.1994.0033
Levy, Charles
[ca. 1940s]
Charles Levy, gift, 1994, 1994-0033, NASM
0.45 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
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.
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World War, 1939-1945
Aeronautics
Aeronautics, Military
Atomic bomb
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Kneival Rocket Car (Truax X-2 Sky-Cycle)
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Color transparencies
Black-and-white negatives