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Charles Sweeney

1919 - 2004

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Charles William Sweeney (27 December 1919 – 16 July 2004) was an officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the pilot who flew Bockscar carrying the Fat Man atomic bomb to the Japanese city of Nagasaki on 9 August 1945. Separating from active duty at the end of World War II, he later became an officer in the Massachusetts Air National Guard as the Army Air Forces transitioned to an independent United States Air Force, eventually rising to the rank of major general. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Sweeney is the 617th most popular military personnel (down from 449th in 2019), the 2,153rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,252nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Charles Sweeney ranks 617 out of 2,058. Before him are Anton Dostler, Ettore Bastico, Henri Gatien Bertrand, Maarten Tromp, Müezzinzade Ali Pasha, and Ivan Chernyakhovsky. After him are Christian de Castries, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours, Frederick Browning, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Yoshijirō Umezu, and Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Charles Sweeney ranks 64. Before him are Mieczysław Weinberg, Valentino Mazzola, Peter Abrahams, Ryszard Kaczorowski, José Villalonga, and Licio Gelli. After him are Margaret Burbidge, Maurice Herzog, Daniel Bell, Uta Hagen, Lauri Törni, and Glafcos Clerides. Among people deceased in 2004, Charles Sweeney ranks 60. Before him are Franz König, Arthur Hailey, Robert Merle, Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Raymond Goethals, and Philippe de Broca. After him are Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, Julia Child, Uta Hagen, Nino Manfredi, Johnny Ramone, and Elmer Bernstein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Sweeney ranks 2,153 out of 20,380. Before him are Lillian Asplund (1906), Joan Allen (1956), Spotted Elk (1826), Elizabeth Montgomery (1933), Mahalia Jackson (1911), and Hubert Humphrey (1911). After him are Andrew Davis (1946), Lisa Ann (1972), Cissy Houston (1933), Adam West (1928), James Tiptree Jr. (1915), and Gene Sharp (1928).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Charles Sweeney ranks 34. Before him are Robert Anderson (1805), Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), William Tecumseh Sherman (1820), Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821), William Westmoreland (1914), and Creighton Abrams (1914). After him are Alexander Haig (1924), Richard Winters (1918), Chris Kyle (1974), Raymond A. Spruance (1886), John Pope (1822), and Abner Doubleday (1819).

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