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OpenStudy (darrenmadx):

Can any one tell me the names of the bombers that dropped the two nukes on japan during WW2 and what were the names of the nukes. Please put the bomb with the plane that dropped it if you want the medal

OpenStudy (joyeezy):

Was it an atomic bomb right?

OpenStudy (darrenmadx):

yeah but that's the type of bomb. what is the name they gave it?

OpenStudy (joyeezy):

Well the bomb that was dropped on hiroshima was name Little Boy. it was a codename for the bomb

OpenStudy (darrenmadx):

what was the name of the plane that dropped it?

OpenStudy (joyeezy):

I don't know but the person who dropped it was Enola Gay

OpenStudy (darrenmadx):

no that's the name of one of the planes that dropped it

OpenStudy (joyeezy):

Ohhh sorry misunderstood Paul Tibbets was flying the plane and the plane's name is Enola Gay. Sorry I didn't get your question

OpenStudy (darrenmadx):

its all good. so what was the name of the other plane and what are the names of both the bombs?

OpenStudy (darrenmadx):

on ad by the way, they both were not the same type of bombs. if you can also tell me what the type of bombs they were, I will fan you and help you with any questions you have

OpenStudy (joyeezy):

Fat man was the name of the bomb and Bockscar was the plane name and Charles W. Sweeny flew the plane

OpenStudy (darrenmadx):

But what city was Fat ma dropped on and what type of bomb was it?

OpenStudy (joyeezy):

Nagasaki

OpenStudy (darrenmadx):

and the bomb type?

OpenStudy (joyeezy):

Fat man was a plutonium implosion type bomb

OpenStudy (joyeezy):

I don't know about other one though

OpenStudy (darrenmadx):

On 9 August 1945, Bockscar dropped the Fat Man

OpenStudy (joyeezy):

Yep

OpenStudy (darrenmadx):

I already knew the name of the bombs and the planes. I just wanted to see if I could get someone to really work hard to find a answer to a question. so this was more of a test

OpenStudy (darrenmadx):

Little Boy, dropped on Hiroshima, was a Uranium bomb

OpenStudy (darrenmadx):

and Enola gay dropped it

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