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What was the pilot name and the airplanes name on the second atom bomb dropped on japan?
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What was the name of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb and what cities were hit?
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. The bomber that dropped it was nicknamed the "Enola Gay", named after the pilot's mother. Three days later, the second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, and the bomber in that case was "Bockscar" ("boxcar"), a pun based on the pilot's name, Bock.
Who was the pilot of the B29 which dropped Atomic bomb?
There were two such missions over Japan. The first was commanded by Colonel Paul Tibbets, who flew the B-29 bomber, Enola Gay, and dropped the atomic bomb, "Little Boy," on Hiroshima. The second mission was commanded by Major Charles Sweeney, who flew the B-29 bomber, Bockscar, and dropped the atomic bomb, "Fat Man," on Nagasaki.
Who piloted the plane that bombed Nagasaki in 1945?
The ultimate responsibility lies with Harry S Truman, then president of the US.Paul Tibbets was the pilot and commander of the 'Enola Gay', the B-29 superfortress, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.Charles W Sweeney piloted 'Bockscar', a similar aircraft, which dropped the second bomb on Nagasaki, its secondary target, Kokura was the primary target but was obscured by smoke from the conventional bombing of nearby Yawata.
What was the purpose for the enola gay?
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.
Who were the pilots who dropped the nuclear bomb on japan?
There were two planes which dropped the weapons. The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named for Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, who selected the aircraft while it was still on the assembly line. On 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. The bomb, code-named "Little Boy", was targeted at the city ofHiroshima, Japan, and caused unprecedented destruction. And the Bockscar, sometimes called Bock's Car, is the name of the United States Army Air Forces B-29 bomber that dropped a Fat Man nuclear weapon over the Japanese city of Nagasaki during World War II in the second - and last - nuclear attack in history.
What was the name of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb and what cities were hit?
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. The bomber that dropped it was nicknamed the "Enola Gay", named after the pilot's mother. Three days later, the second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, and the bomber in that case was "Bockscar" ("boxcar"), a pun based on the pilot's name, Bock.
Who was the pilot of the enola gay which dropped the first atomic bomb on japan?
The pilot was Paul w. Tibbets.
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What was the name of the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on japan?
Col Paul Tibbets of the 509th Composite Bombardment Group based on Tinian island in the Pacific. The name of the modified B-29 Aircraft was the Enola Gay. For historical record there was not one, but two bombs dropped. Tibbets flew the first mission and dropped I think "Fat Boy" on Hiroshima and another pilot flew a second mission that dropped Little Man on Nagasaki.
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Who was the pilot of the B29 which dropped Atomic bomb?
There were two such missions over Japan. The first was commanded by Colonel Paul Tibbets, who flew the B-29 bomber, Enola Gay, and dropped the atomic bomb, "Little Boy," on Hiroshima. The second mission was commanded by Major Charles Sweeney, who flew the B-29 bomber, Bockscar, and dropped the atomic bomb, "Fat Man," on Nagasaki.
Who were the 2 pilots that dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in japan?
Colonel Paul W. Tibbets and his crew of 11, no one knows the co-pilot name.
Was the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb Canadian?
No
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