the name of American bomber b-29 was "ENOLA GAY"
The atomic bombs were transported by ship to the island the B29's would launch from and were unloaded into a pseudo warehouse to keep them safe.
The Enola Gay , a B29 Super Fortress . dropped the "Little Boy" atomic bomb upon the Japanese city Hiroshima . "FatMan" was also dropped by a B29 Super Fortress upon the second Japanese city of Nagasaki . The name of this bomber was Bockscar . See links for further information .
The Enola Gay was a nickname applied to the B29 that dropped the first atom bomb in history. The bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. The pilot of the aircraft, Paul Tibbits, named the aircraft after his mother.
According to official records, about 2400 emergency landings were made on the island by B29's and presumably, by their P51 escort fighters.
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yes, in August 1945 by a US B29...............also Nagasaka got an A bomb......
On August 9, a B29 bomber aircraft dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Six days later, Japan announced its surrender, ending their involvement in World War II.
The B-29 super fortress that dropped the first atomic bomb was called Enola Gay (named after the pilots mother)
the first US delivered atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima from a B29 superfortress nicknames the Enola Gay. It was piloted by Capt Paul Tibbets.
the first US delivered atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima from a B29 superfortress nicknames the Enola Gay. It was piloted by Capt Paul Tibbets.
The atomic bombs were transported by ship to the island the B29's would launch from and were unloaded into a pseudo warehouse to keep them safe.
The Enola Gay , a B29 Super Fortress . dropped the "Little Boy" atomic bomb upon the Japanese city Hiroshima . "FatMan" was also dropped by a B29 Super Fortress upon the second Japanese city of Nagasaki . The name of this bomber was Bockscar . See links for further information .
Enola Gay, B29 Superfortress
On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima, Japan was decimated by an American nuclear bomb dropped from the B29 Superfortress Enola Gay. Japan surrendered a short while after the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki (a couple days later).
How ? - by using two B29 planes the Enola Gay and Bockscar . First upon the Japanese city of Hiroshima and later upon the city of Nagasaki .