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Fat Man was the codename for the type of atomic bomb that was detonated over Nagasaki Japan by the United States on 9 August 1945. It was the second of only two nuclear weapons ever used in warfare the first being Little Boy and its detonation caused the third man-made nuclear explosion. It was dropped from the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar named after its pilot Captain Frederick C. Bock. For the Fat Man mission Bockscar was piloted by Major Charles W.
