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I am guessing that it was because Colonel Paul Tibbets commanded the 509th, and his bomber the Enola Gay (named after his mother) would have been selected for this reason as the first to carry this new and terrifying weapon. Only one more atomic bombing was necessary before Japan threw in the towel, but presumably each B-29 in the 509th would have taken its turn had other bombings been necessary.
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How was the Enola Gay atomic bomb made?
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 :)
What plane dropped the first atomic bomb?
The Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb.
What was the name of the U.S. Army Air Force B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki?
The plane Enola Gay' - was named after Enola Gay Tibbets- the mother of the pilot Colonel Paul Tibbets, who flew the mission to drop the first atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
How is the Enola Gay built?
The standard B-29 Superfortress was built by Boeing in a factory. It was then taken to Omaha Nebraska and modified to drop the atom bomb this model like the Enola Gay was called a B-29 Silverplate Superfotress.
What is the importance of the Enola Gay?
The Enola Gay is the B-29 Stratofortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb, known as "Little Boy", on Hiroshima, Japan during WWII on August 6, 1945.
Which city did the Enola Gay drop an atomic bomb?
The bomb that the Enola Gay dropped was the Little Boy
How was the Enola Gay atomic bomb made?
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 :)
What was the name of the first bomber to drop the atom bomb?
enola gay?
Why didn't the enola gay drop the atomic bomb on kokura?
Because of the cloudy weather.
What plane drop the atomic bomb?
There were 2. The first one was Enola gay and the other was Bockscart.
Why is Enola Gay a famous plane?
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.
Who was the pilot of Enola Gay B-29 to drop the world's first atomic bomb?
Paul Tibbetts
Name of aircraft who dropped the atomic bomb?
The B2, B52, Lancaster bomber and F117A all drop atomic bombs. But the first is the Lancaster
How many air crews trained for the bombing of Hiroshima?
There were 12 men on the Enola Gay. The mission to drop atomic bomb on Hiroshima involved 7 planes, but the one we remember is the Enola Gay.
What planes were involved in the bombing of hiroshima?
The plane used to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a Boeing B-29 Superfortress nicknamed Enola Gay. The Enola Gay dropped the bomb over Hiroshima at 0815 on Monday, August 6, 1945. The atomic bomb used was nicknamed Little Boy.
Who flew the first plane that droped the nuke?
The name of the pilot who flew the first plane to drop an atomic bomb is Colonel Paul Tibbets. He was the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb.
What was the name of the plane in the drop the Atom bomb?
Enola Gay. It was a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets the mother of the pilot of the plane, Paul Tibbets.The U.S. bomber "Enola Gay" dropped the fission bomb "Little Boy" on August 6, 1945. Then on August 9, 1945, the Bockscar dropped a second fission (atomic) bomb, named "Fat Man" on the city of Nagasaki.
