Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Silverplate "Bockscar". [photograph]

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Collection Item Summary:

"Dropped Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima" [sic.] One-half left front view of Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Bockscar" (A/C No. 44-27297) on the ground. [Incorrectly identified, "Bockscar" actually dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki.]

Collection Item Long Description:

Topic

  • Aeronautics, Military
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Airplanes

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Restrictions & Rights

Images are subject to Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Copyright and Image Use Restrictions. Usage requires prior written permission. Should you wish to use NASM still images in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Photographs, available at NASM's Permissions webpage: www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/permissions.cfm

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Unknown

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Date

Circa 1945

Repository Loc.

National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560

Type

Photographs

Local number

NASM-9A14012

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