What are the names of the pilots and planes that dropped the atomic bombs on Japan during World War II?

Answer 1

Enola Gay is the name of the U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb, "Little Boy," on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945. It was flown by Colonel Paul Tibbets.

Bockscar is the name of the U. S. Army Air Forces B-29 bomber that dropped the the atomic bomb, "Fat Man," on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The name, which is painted on the aircraft is a pun on "boxcar," after the name of the aircraft's commander, Captain Frederick C. Bock. For this mission, however, it was Major Charles Sweeney who flew Bockscar. Some official and unofficial documents have mistakenly called the plane Bock's Car, Bocks Car and Boxcar over the years.

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Answer 2

The name of the pilot who flew the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb is Colonel Paul Tibets. He piloted the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb.

Answer 3

Colonel Paul Tibbets piloted the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Answer 4

The planes were piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets and Major Charles Sweeney.

Answer 5

Paul W. Tibbets Jr dropped the first atomic bomb in war, on Hiroshima, Japan. He died at the age of 92, Nov 1st, 2007. Atomic test drops were preformed earlier, not by him.

Answer 6

Colonel Paul Tibbets and Major Charles Sweeney piloted the planes that dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Answer 7

Colonel Paul Tibbets was the pilot of the Enola Gay and Major Charles Sweeney piloted Bockscar.