B-29 (Bockscar) 44-27297

B-29 MO Martin-Omaha

'B-29-35-MO BOCKSCA'R

44-27297

USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

• Silverplate" (atomic bomb carrier) conversion.

• 509th Composite Group aircraft that dropped the Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki August 9, 1945.
• Put into storage at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona in September 1946.

• note There was some confusion between this aircraft and "The Great Artiste".
• Reportedly, "The Great Artiste" was originally earmarked as the Nagasaki bomber and was to be set aside for preservation.
• Some photographs show "Bockscar" in storage with The "The Great Artiste's" numbers on the fuselage.

• Last flight was in September 1961 from DMAFB to the USAF Museum (with the number 89 on the fuselage).
• Aircraft is fully restored and on permanent display in it's correct markings.
• The original "The Great Artiste" was damaged in a landing accident on September 3, 1948 at Goose Bay, Labrador.The aircraft was scrapped on the base

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