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Here are five negatives showing General Charles Sweeney visiting Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka, Kansas. Sweeney was an officer in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He was the pilot who flew Bockscar, which carried the Fat Man atomic bomb to Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945. After leaving active duty at the end of World War II, he later became an officer in the Massachusetts Air National Guard. Col. Sweeney was named commander of the 102nd Air Defense Wing and shortly after, on April 6, was promoted to Brigadier General. By the end of his career he reached the rank of Major General.
Date: Between 1956 and 1960
Item Number: 313631
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.8 FAFB *117-121
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 313631
Built Environment - Function - Defense - Air Facility
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1950s
Military - Facilities - Air bases - Forbes Air Force Base
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Negatives - Negative, Film
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Forts and military installations - Forbes Air Force Base
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Negatives, Film
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