Bockscar

or Bock's Car

[ boks-kahr ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

As the B-29 bomber Bockscar headed to its initial target of Kokura on the morning of Aug. 9, 1945, thick haze and smoke forced it to switch at the last minute to Nagasaki, a second target.

From Washington Times

As the B-29 bomber Bockscar headed to its initial target of Kokura on the morning of Aug. 9, 1945, thick haze and smoke forced it to switch at the last minute to Nagasaki, a second target.

From Seattle Times

After fifty minutes, Bockscar and the Great Artiste proceeded to their primary target, the city of Kokura.

From The New Yorker

It was the bombardier’s twenty-seventh birthday, and as Bockscar made its way over the city he searched for an opening.

From The New Yorker

Bockscar banked, to put distance between it and the imminent inferno.

From The New Yorker