Pilot of Atom bomb World War II died

Charles W Sweeney

Published on July 19, 2004 By mrboo In History

Source :Blogs section Credit : articles.vivekwwe.com

Charles W Sweeney,a retired Air force general who piloted the plane that dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki in the final days if World War II has died at the age 84.

Sweeney died on thursday last week at Massachusetts General hospital in Boston.
Sweeney was 25 when he piloted the B-29 bomber that attacked Nagasaki on August ( 1945 three days after the ENola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima & six days before Japan Surrendered. [World War II Alliance- Japan,Germany,Turkey vs.England,Russia,France,America & many more].

About 70000 people were killed in the explosion of the bomb dubbed "Fat Man". Incidently it was the first bomb Sweeney ever dropped on enemy target. Sweeney was outspoken defender of tyhe bombings,appearing on CNN & speaking at colleges & universities. He also wrote a book, " War's End":An Eyewitness Account of America's last Atomic mission,to counter what he considered "cockamine theories" that the bombing was unnecessary. Further added " I looked upon it as a duty,I just wanted the war to be over so we could get back home to our loved ones",Sweeney told The Patriot Ledger of Quincy in 1995."I hope my missions were the last ones of their kind that will ever be flown."

Comments

mrboo

on Jul 19, 2004

Hope no such incidents happen in the history again.

mrboo

on Jul 19, 2004

sorry to see no one has replied to a post which described about the cruelest history happened.

Don Shatters

on Jul 24, 2004

Pilot is said to be a great guy inspite of being on the wrong side of the history.

Gimmick blogger

on Jul 30, 2004

I dont hink anyone involved in that bad incident should have survived this log period.

Gimmick blogger

on Jul 30, 2004

God should have punished these guys a lot earlier.

mrboo

on Aug 01, 2004

The guy is a nice fellow,but true involved in an ugly incident.

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