the plane is a B-29 bomber called the Enola Gay
Enola gay
The 'Enola Gay' was named in honor of Enola Gay Tibbets, his mother.
The Enola Gay dropped "little boy", The Bockscar dropped "Fat man". The Enola Gay was the first plane to drop an Atom bomb and was famous for taking part in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Enola Gay
"Enola Gay" was the name given the USAAF's B-29 bomber that dropped the first-ever atomic bomb, on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945. The pilot, Paul Tibbetts, named the plane for his mother, Enola Gay Tibbetts. (see related question)
Enola Gay was the name given to the plane that carried the atomic bomb to Hiroshima in August, 1945. Captain Tippets named the plane after his mother.
The Enola Gay
Enola Gay
Enola Gay & Bockscar.
Enola Gay was named after the mother of the Hiroshima pilot Lieut Col. Paul Tibbets (Enola Gay Haggard)
The Enola Gay wasn't the atomic bomb. That honor goes to Little Boy and Fat Man. The Enola Gay was the plane specially created to drop the atomic bombs :)