WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
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I don’t know
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a B-29
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a plane
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a Boeing 747
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sweeney piloted the B-29 Bockscar and dropped a highly enriched plutonium, implosion-type atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. Enola Gay flew as the advance weather reconnaissance aircraft that day.
Detailed explanation-2: -The “BOCKSCAR” dropped the bomb FAT MAN on Nagasaki. The “Enola Gay” dropped the bomb Little Boy on Hiroshima.
Detailed explanation-3: -B-29, also called Superfortress, U.S. heavy bomber used in World War II. Its missions included firebombing Tokyo and other Japanese cities and dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively.
Detailed explanation-4: -The B-29 Superfortress was the most capable bomber of World War II. It could carry more payload and fly faster and at higher altitudes than contemporary types such as the Boeing B-17, Consolidated B-24, or Avro Lancaster.