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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The type of planes used to drop the atomic bombs on Japan during World War II were B-29 Superfortresses.
The name of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb was the Enola Gay (also the name of the mother of the pilot of the plane).
Bockscar a B-29 bomber piloted by Major Charley Sweeney
Paul Tibbets was the first pilot .
It was the Presidents orders.
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There were two atom bombs dropped on Japan, not one. The planes were called the Enola Gay which dropped the first bomb and the second plane was called Bockscar. The cities were Hiroshima (first bomb) and Nagasaki (second bomb).
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The Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb.
The plane that dropped the first Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima was a Boeing B-29 called The Enola Gay. The plane that dropped the second Atomic Bomb was aB-29 bomber called The Bockscar.
The first bomb to be dropped was "Little Boy" it was dropped by "The Enola Gay". The second bomb to be dropped was "Fat Man" this was dropped by "Bockscar". Both of these planes were B-29 Bombers.
It was the Presidents orders.
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The B-29 Bomber named The Enola Gay.
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The first atomic bomb test was done on a 100 foot tall tower, not dropped from a plane (July 16, 1945).The only atomic bombs used in war were dropped from planes (August 6 & 9, 1945).The first atomic bomb test after the end of WW2 was dropped from a plane (July 1, 1946).
Colonel Paul Tibbets.