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Chuck Lunney, posing with one of his paintings.

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Local Pilot Made the Call that Ended World War II

Overhead, Charles “Chuck” Lunney was bound for Honshu, the main island of the empire, piloting his B-29 Superfortress. The mission: weather reconnaissance. Check out two targets and pick the best one. Behind him, he assumed, would be the usual pack of 500 or so bombers ­making the raid. But not this mission. Instead, there was only one plane, the Enola Gay.

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