Charles Sweeney Autographs
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.
Sweeney became an instructor in the atomic missions training project, Project Alberta, at Wendover Army Airfield, Utah. Selected to be part of the 509th Composite Group commanded by Colonel Paul Tibbets, he was named commander of the 320th Troop Carrier Squadron on 6 January 1945. Initially his squadron used C-47 Skytrain and C-46 Commando transports on hand to conduct the top secret operations to supply the 509th, but in April 1945 it acquired five C-54 Skymasters, which had the range to deliver personnel and materiel to the western Pacific area.
On 4 May 1945, Sweeney became commander of the 393d Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, the combat element of the 509th, in charge of 15 Silverplate B-29s and their flight and ground crews, 535 men in all. In June and July Sweeney moved his unit to North Field on the island of Tinian in the Marianas.
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Traded items with a signature of Charles Sweeney
The most expensive item with a signature of Charles Sweeney (Flight of the Enola Gay SIGNED by Paul Tibbets George Marquardt Charles Sweeney!) was sold in March 2025 for $2,300.00 while the cheapest item (Charles Sweeney d.2004 Signed Cachet AUTOGRAPHED envelope U.S Air Force WWII) found a new owner for $6.99 in November 2012. The month with the most items sold (3) was November 2015 with an average selling price of $55.00 for an autographed item of Charles Sweeney. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2025 with $313.05 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.00 was January 2016. In average, an autographed item from Charles Sweeney is worth $49.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Charles Sweeney were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | AUTOGRAPHED Fred Olivi & Charles Sweeney Bockscar B29 & Olivi Co Pilot Auto | $38.95 |  |
| Bockscar Pilots Charles Sweeney Fred Olivi Nagasaki Mission Signed Commemorative | $195.00 | |
| CHARLES SWEENEY & FRED OLIVI SIGNED STAMP SHEET NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMB BECKETT BAS | $475.00 | |
| CHARLES SWEENEY & FRED OLIVI SIGNED STAMP SHEET NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMB BECKETT BAS | $535.00 | |
| Charles Sweeney -Signed 3x5 Index Card - WWII Pilot Bockscar C-15 509th Nagasaki | $24.00 | |
| Charles Sweeney 509th Nagasaki “BOCKSCAR” B-29 Pilot 509th SIGNED Postal Cover | $34.99 | |
| Charles Sweeney signed 5 x 7 photo WWII Pilot Bockscar C-15 509th Nagasaki | $92.10 | |
| Charles Sweeney signed 5 x 7 photo WWII Pilot Bockscar C-15 509th Nagasaki | $91.10 | |
| Charles Sweeney signed 5 x 7 photo WWII Pilot Bockscar C-15 509th Nagasaki | $91.10 | |
| Charles Sweeney signed 5 x 7 photo WWII Pilot Bockscar C-15 509th Nagasaki | $85.00 | |
 | CHARLES SWEENEY Signed Index Card Cut PSA DNA Authentic Auto WWII Nagasaki | $89.00 | |
| CHARLES SWEENEY Signed Index Card Cut PSA DNA Authentic Auto WWII Nagasaki | $89.00 | |
| CHARLES SWEENEY SIGNED INDEX CARD PSA DNA 84071464 (D) WWII PILOT BOCKSCAR C-15 | $18.27 | |
| Enola Gay & Bockscar Pilots Tibbets & Charles Sweeney Signed Commemorative Cover | $195.00 | |
| General Charles Sweeney WWII Bockscar Pilot Atomic Bomb Signed Autograph Photo | $124.99 | |
