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    What was the name of the B-29 Bomber that dropped the atom bomb on Nagasaki?

    Question #71802. Asked by skysmom65. (Oct 26 06 7:42 AM)


    BIL

    On the morning of August 9, 1945, the U.S. B-29 Superfortress Bockscar, flown by the crew of 393rd Squadron commander Major Charles W. Sweeney, carried the nuclear bomb code-named "Fat Man", with Kokura as the primary target and Nagasaki the secondary target

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

    Oct 26 06, 7:48 AM
    libertyboy

    Enola Gay

    Oct 26 06, 8:56 AM
    Brainyblonde

    Enola Gay is the B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped "Little Boy", the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare, when the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) attacked Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945, just before the end of World War II.

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

    Oct 26 06, 9:04 AM


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