Charles Albury - Co-Pilot

Charles Albury, 88, died from congestive heart failure on May 23, 2009 in Orlando, Florida. He was the co-pilot of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.

He was a witness to the first bombing of Hiroshima three days earlier as the pilot of a support plane which dropped a set of scientific instruments to measure the magnitude of the blast and the level of radiation.

The 10,200 pound bomb dropped on Nagasaki instantly killed an estimated 40,000 people and another 35,000 who later died from injuries and radiation. Mr Albury would later say that his actions helped put an end to World War II and saved countless lives.

After the war, he settled in the Coral Gables, Florida area with his wife of 65 years. He spent his working years with Eastern Airlines.