Product Description
Small 1:144 Scale diecast model.
Size: Wingspan: 11.75", Length: 8.25"
Comes with plastic stand.
Loose Parts: (not suitable for young children)
Minor assemby required.
USAAF 509th Composite Group, "Bocks Car", August 9th 1945.
BOCKS CAR, (occasionally Bock's Car or Bocks Car) is the name of the U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 bomber (Serial Number 44-27297) which dropped the second nuclear weapon ever used in warfare, on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945. The weapon was known as "Fat Man". This historic aircraft is sometimes referred to as "Bocks Car" or "Bock's Car". The name painted on the aircraft after the mission (above) has no apostrophe and it is painted in all capital letters. BOCKS CAR is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.
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