Charles W. Sweeney Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Charles W. Sweeney was born on December 27, 1919 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA as Charles William Sweeney. He is known for his work on The Beginning or the End (1947) and The World at War (1973). He was married to Dorothy W. McElhiney. He died on July 15, 2004 in Boston, Massachusetts.
He was 25 years old when he piloted the B-29 bomber that attacked Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945. This was three days after the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and six days before their surrender was announced by Imperial Japan (on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945). surrendered.
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Was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in 1956. At that time he was the youngest man in the Air Force to reach that rank. He was 36 years old.
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Piloted the B-29 airplane called 'Bock's Car' that dropped the atomic bomb nicknamed 'Fat Man' on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9,1945, in the final days of World War II. It killed 70,000 people.
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Was the pilot of the U.S. bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan in the last days of World War II
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Pilot of the B-29 bomber 'Bock's Car', which dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan at the end of World War II.
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Beginning or the End
1947
technical advisor: military
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The World at War
1974
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Hiroshima & Nagasaki Pilot
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Democracy Now!
2011
TV Series
Himself
The Last Days of World War II
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan
1995
Himself (uncredited)
V Was for Victory
1962
Documentary
Himself - A-Bomb Mission: 7th from Left with Cigar, Plus 3rd Close-up
Known for movies
The Beginning or the End 1947 as Miscellaneous Crew
The World at War 1974 as Himself - Hiroshima & Nagasaki Pilot
$1.7 Million
