Bockscar

American  

[boks-kahr] / ˈbɒksˌkɑr /

Or Bock's Car

noun

1. the U.S. B-29 bomber that dropped the atom bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945.

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Example Sentences

Bockscar now had only enough fuel to pass over Nagasaki once and still make it back for an emergency landing at the American air base on Okinawa.

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2015

Ten thousand pounds lighter, Bockscar lurched upward, the bomb bay doors closed, and Sweeney turned the plane an intense 155 degrees to the left to get away from the impending blast.

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2015

This plane is similar to the B-29's, Enola Gay and Bockscar that dropped the Atomic bombs on Japan.

From Trinity site by National Atomic Museum (U.S.)