Only when a gap appeared in the clouds above Nagasaki was the bomb released. The original target, the industrial city of Kokura, situated, like Nagasaki, on the island of Kyushu, was obscured by clouds and haze. The plane - often called Bock's Car, the name given it by its usual pilot, Captain Fred Bock, but officially described as Bockscar, the name written on its nose - was also forced to fly much further than planned.
