Question

What was the name of the B-29 used at Hiroshima to drop the bomb?

Answer 1

The B-29 bomber used to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 was named the Enola Gay. It was piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets, who named the plane after his mother.

Answer 2

On August 6, 1945, Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., in command of the Superfortress Enola Gay, dropped a highly enriched uranium, explosion-type, "gun-fired," atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

Answer 3

The name of the B-29 was Enola Gay. The aircraft was named after the mother of the pilot Colonel Paul Tibbets. The name was chosen by Tibbets himself who named the plane after his mother, Enola Gay Tibbets, who had been named after the heroine of a novel. The atomic bomb, called Little Boy was dropped from this plane on August 6, 1945 The B-29 used on Nagasaki was called Bockscar