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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.

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