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#81
#81
So either it's a trick question or wikipedia is wrong.

Bockscar, sometimes called Bock's Car or Bocks Car, is the name of the United States Army Air Forces B-29 bomber that dropped the "Fat Man" nuclear weapon over Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, the second atomic weapon used against Japan.
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#86
#86
methinks you wrong, OE.

wiki:
There was confusion over the name of the plane because an initial eyewitness account by reporter William L. Laurence of the New York Times said that the second bomb had been dropped from The Great Artiste.[6] Laurence, who accompanied the mission as part of Bock's crew, had interviewed Sweeney and his crew in depth and was aware that they referred to their airplane as The Great Artiste. Except for Enola Gay, none of the 393rd's B-29s had yet had names painted on the noses, and unaware of the switch in aircraft, Laurence assumed victor 77 was The Great Artiste.[7]
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http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/08/07/on-war-the-dropping-of-the-atomic-bomb-65-years-later/2380/
A giant column of smoke rises more than 60,000 feet into the air, after the second atomic bomb ever used in warfare explodes over the Japanese port town of Nagasaki, on August 9, 1945. Dropped by the U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 plane "Bockscar," the bomb killed more than 70,000 people instantly, with ten thousands dying later from effects of the radioactive fallout. (AP Photo) #
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#91
#91
OE, would you believe the National Museum of the USAF?

Factsheets : "Fat Man" Atomic Bomb
A "Fat Man" bomb was dropped over Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945, near the end of World War II. Released by the B-29 Bockscar, the 10,000-pound weapon was detonated at an altitude of approximately 1,800 feet over the city. The bomb had an explosive force (yield) of about 20,000 tons of TNT, about the same as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Because of Nagasaki's hilly terrain, however, the damage was somewhat less extensive than of the relatively flat Hiroshima.
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#95
#95
OrangeEmpire said:
Absolutely, your name was painted on the black artiste......check the serial numbers and tail ensignia.....why do you think there was confusion with the new york times

next thing u will tell me the iwo jima flag w raising wasnt staged for camera
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My name? HOly **** I'm ****in famous!
 
#98
#98
The largest land battle* was fought in Middle Earth. I don't think they ever officially named it because pretty much everybody died, and nobody who lived ever wanted to talk about it.
 
#99
#99
Thrasher865 said:
The largest land battle* was fought in Middle Earth. I don't think they ever officially named it because pretty much everybody died, and nobody who lived ever wanted to talk about it.
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negative, last alliance falls short by about 3.5 million men
 
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