The Nagasaki bombing mission was a total mess from beginning to end. From swapping planes the day before the drop to the emergency landing on Okinawa, it was a perfect example of Murphy’s Law in action. After Kokura and Nagasaki, the last alternate target City was Niigata, where my maternal grandfather came from and where my grandmother …
The Nagasaki bombing mission was a total mess from beginning to end. From swapping planes the day before the drop to the emergency landing on Okinawa, it was a perfect example of Murphy’s Law in action. After Kokura and Nagasaki, the last alternate target City was Niigata, where my maternal grandfather came from and where my grandmother had family, too. Lastly, the nose art on BocksCar was put on sometime after the mission. Of the Silverplate bombers of the 509th CG, only Enola Gay and BocksCar survive as all the rest of the planes were either scrapped or lost due to accidents.
The Nagasaki bombing mission was a total mess from beginning to end. From swapping planes the day before the drop to the emergency landing on Okinawa, it was a perfect example of Murphy’s Law in action. After Kokura and Nagasaki, the last alternate target City was Niigata, where my maternal grandfather came from and where my grandmother had family, too. Lastly, the nose art on BocksCar was put on sometime after the mission. Of the Silverplate bombers of the 509th CG, only Enola Gay and BocksCar survive as all the rest of the planes were either scrapped or lost due to accidents.