* Colonel Paul Tibbets Jr.- pilot * Capt. Robert Lewis - copilot * Maj. Thomas Ferebee - bombardier * Capt. Theodore Van Kirk - navigator * Lt. Jacob Beser - radar countermeasures * Capt. William "Deak" Parsons - weaponeer * 2nd Lt. Maurice Jeppson - assistant weaponeer * Sgt. Joe Stiborik - radar * Staff Sgt. George Caron - tail gunner * Sgt. Robert Shumard - asst. flight engineer * Pfc. Richard Nelson - radio * Tech Sgt. Wayne Duzenberry - flight engineer
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.
Hiroshima
An atomic bomb called Fat Man, developed in the Manhattan Project, WAS dropped onto the city of Hiroshima on 8/9/1945.
Fatman ponypomp; The 9.700lb uranium bomb that was dropped over Hiroshima was called ( little boy)
Hiroshima, on August 6th, 1945. A second one was dropped shortly after on Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945. Between 300,000-400,000 civilians (and a few military personnel) were killed in both bomb drops. Note: About 150,000 were killed instantaneously, while another 150,000 died of burns, radiation sickness, and cancer in subsequent days, months, and years.
Colonel Paul Tibbits
"fat man" was the name of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagaski. "little boy" was dropped in Hiroshima.
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.
The Enola Gay.
Hiroshima
Hiroshima
Little boy.
An atomic bomb called Fat Man, developed in the Manhattan Project, WAS dropped onto the city of Hiroshima on 8/9/1945.
Most bombs do not have names. But sometimes they do. A bomb named Fat Man was dropped on Hiroshima.
Fatman ponypomp; The 9.700lb uranium bomb that was dropped over Hiroshima was called ( little boy)
Which bomb?? If you mean the code name given to the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, it was called "little boy".
It was called Little Boy.