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Contact Info
Home Town Miami, Florida
Last Address Orlando, Florida
Date of Passing May 23, 2009
Location of Interment Miami Memorial Park - Miami, Florida
He was the co-pilot of Bockscar when it dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki Aug 9, 1945. Three days earlier he had flown as co-pilot on The Great Artiste which was a support aircraft on the Hiroshima A-bomb mission, thus being a witness to both bomb blasts. He was the normal aircraft commander of The Great Artiste but relinguished that position on the Aug 6 mission to his 393rd Bomb Gp. CO, Maj. Charles Sweeney, who was also his pilot on Aug 9.
Aircraft/Missile Information
Model Boeing B-29A Superfortress Length 99.02 ft | 30.18 m Width 142.26 ft | 43.36 m Height 29.56 ft | 9.01 m Engine(s) 4 x Wright R-3350-57 radial piston engines generating 2,200hp. Empty Weight 71,361 lbs | 32,369 kg MTOW 141,102 lbs | 64,003 kg Max Speed 358 mph | 576 km/h | 311 kts Max Range 4,100 miles | 6,598 km Ceiling 31,808 ft | 9,695 m | 6.0 miles Climb Rate 526.3 ft/min (160.4 m/min) Hardpoints 0 Armament 4 x 12.7mm machine guns in electrically-operated dorsal turret 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in electrically-operated under-nose turret 2 x 12.7mm machine guns electrically-operated turret over rear fuselage. 2 x 12.7mm machine guns electrically-operated turret under rear fuselage 2 x 12.7mm machine guns in tail gun position 1 x 20mm cannon in tail gun position
6,000lbs or internal ordnance. Accommodations 10 Operators the United States of America
