Frederick C. Bock
Frederick Carl Bock Jr (born January 18, 1918 in Greenville , Michigan , † August 25, 2000 in Scottsdale , Arizona ) was an American bomber pilot and researcher.
Life
During the Second World War Bock was a bomber pilot in the US Army Air Force . He flew missions from India and China on the B-29 before being selected for the 509th Composite Group in 1945 . His name became known through the bomber " Bock's Car " that he normally flew . However, on the day the atomic bomb was dropped , Bock flew Maj. Charles Sweeney's “ The Great Artiste ” , while Sweeney flew “Bock's Car”. In addition to his regular crew, Bock had as observers Lawrence H. Johnston Sergeant Walter Goodman and Sergeant Jesse Kupferberg of Project Alberta and correspondent William L. Laurence of the New York Times on board.
After the war he studied zoology in Chicago and specialized in mathematical solutions within genetics . He died of cancer in his Arizona home in 2000.
Web links
- FC Bock, 82, Monitor of Nagasaki Bombing in the New York Times
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bock, Frederick C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bock, Frederick Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American bomber pilot and explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greenville, Michigan |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 2000 |
| Place of death | Scottsdale |