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    What was the name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?

    Question #65538. Asked by myjoey. (May 10 06 7:49 AM)


    apinson

    		The "Enola Gay" piloted by Paul Tibbets bombed Hiroshima, the "Bock's Car" piloted by Charles Sweeney bombed Nagasaki.

    May 10 06, 7:57 AM
    zbeckabee

    		Enola Gay.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enola_Gay

    May 10 06, 8:44 AM
    koban

    		ENOLA GAY
    B-29

    Manufacturer: Boeing Aircraft Company
    Assembler: Glenn L. Martin Company,
    Omaha, Nebraska
    AAF Serial Number: 44-86292
    Engine: Four Wright R-3350-57 Cyclone
    Horsepower: 2,200 hp/engine
    Wingspan: 141 ft. 3 in.
    Height: 29 ft. 7 in.
    Weight: #70,140 empty
    Propellers: Curtiss Electric four-blade 16 ft. 7 in.
    Maximum Speed: 360 mph (576 km/h) at 25,000 ft.
    Stalling Speed: 125 mph
    Range: 3,250 miles Loaded
    Crew: 12 (usually 10)
    Armament: 20,000 bomb (other B29s were equipped with 10 machine guns and a 1x20 mm cannon)


    May 10 06, 12:41 PM
    miltonebx

    		Enola Gay was Paul Tibbets' mother. The plane was named that the night before the mission.

    May 10 06, 3:17 PM

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