ORLANDO, Fla. — Charles Donald Albury, co-pilot of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, has died after years of congestive heart failure. He was 88.

Nagasaki marked the moment 60 years ago Tuesday when an American plane dropped a plutonium bomb, killing tens of thousands and sealing Japan’s defeat in World War II.

BOSTON -- Charles W. Sweeney, a retired Air Force general who piloted the plane that dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki in the final days of World War II, died Thursday. He was 84. Sweeney died at ...

The aircraft successfully surpassed its predecessors and other competitors as it could carry more payload and fly faster at higher altitudes than the B-17 and B-24. The B-29’s extraordinary ...

MILTON, Mass. - Charles W. Sweeney, a retired Air Force general who piloted the plane that dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki in the final days of World War II, has died at age 84.

August 9 marks the anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki. The nuclear fuel for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki was produced at Hanford, in eastern Washington state, which is now the most ...

Fat Man and Little Boy decimated a huge portion of Japan and killed thousands. It was a tragedy for many... but how did those who actually dropped the bombs feel about it?

Charles Donald Albury, copilot of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, during World War II, has died.

The 8,900-pound bomb, named "Little Boy," was dropped by The Enola Gay, a B-29 Superfortress plane. The second of the two bombs, called "Fat Man," was dropped three days later in Nagasaki.

The US Nuked Nagasaki 78 Years Ago Today. “Oppenheimer” Barely Mentions It. “We are an asterisk,” lamented sociologist Shinji Takahashi.

Only a handful of aircraft have been certified by the United States to carry tactical nuclear weapons -- let's take a look at what they are capable of.