Charles Sweeney

Charles Sweeney was a United States Army Air Forces officer and bomber pilot best known for his role in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki during World War II. On August 9, 1945, he piloted the B-29 Superfortress named Bockscar, which dropped the Fat Man nuclear bomb on the city, resulting in massive destruction and loss of life. Sweeney's mission was part of a controversial strategy aimed at hastening Japan's surrender, although the moral implications of using atomic weapons have been debated extensively since then.