Feature
●Scale: 1/72
●Handcrafted by a series of master craftsmen using only the highest grade materials
●Each product is identical to the plane’s original blueprint
●Truly a fusion of art and history, a museum quality masterpiece unmatched by another model producing company on earth
●The perfect gift for any aviation enthusiast, history buff, military personnel, or collector
[Scale:1 & 72 B-29 Enola Gay ]
[Scale:1 & 72 B-29 Superfortress Bockscar ]
Description
Product Description
Much like the Enola Gay, the B-29 Bockscar also made a name in the Pacific theater during the World War II. Built at the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Plant in Nebraska, the Bockscar was one of the 15 Silver plate B-29s that served the 509th as a Block 35 aircraft. In Tinian, this B-29 Super fortress model was employed in 13 training and practice missions while in Japan, it has successfully carried out three combat missions, including dropping pumpkin bombs. During the time when it dropped the Fat Man nuclear bomb, the Bockscar was piloted by Major Charles W. Sweeney, the 393rd Bombardment Squadron Commander. The original Bockscar is now displayed in the USAFs Ohio museum, next to the replica of the Fat Man atomic bomb.
From the Manufacturer
Bockscar is a USAF B-29 bomber that dropped the “Fat Man” nuclear weapon over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, the second atomic weapon used against Japan. “Bockscar” is a pun on “boxcar” after the name of its aircraft commander, Captain Frederick C. Bock. Bockscar was built at the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Plant at Omaha, Nebraska, as a Block 35 aircraft. It was one of ten modified as a Silverplate and redesignated Block 36. Delivered on March 19, 1945 to the USAF, it was assigned to Captain Frederick C. Bock and crew C-13. Bockscar was also used in 13 training and practice missions from Tinian, and three combat missions in which it dropped pumpkin bombs on industrial targets in Japan. B29 aircraft is now on permanent display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio.