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Co-pilot of Nagasaki bomb plane dies
Fred Olivi, who copiloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, has died. He was 82. Olivi, a native of Chicago, died Thursday at a rehabilitation center in a Chicago suburb, officials at Panozzo Bros. funeral home said Saturday. He suffered a stroke in August. The crew of the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, on August 9, 1945, the crew of the B-29 bomber nicknamed Bockscar dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Japan surrendered six days later, ending World War II.I cannot thank these men enough for saving so many American and Japanese lives alike. America has lost one of its true heroes. The Nagasaki raid put paid to all the Mitsubishi torpedoes that sank our ships at Pearl. Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-11 |
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