USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -This implosion-type plutonium bomb, nicknamed Fat Man, weighed 10, 800 pounds. The bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, August 9, 1945, at 11:01 AM.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first atomic bomb, named Little Boy, was dropped on Hiroshima from the Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber, at 8:15 AM on August 6, 1945. The second bomb, named Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki from the Bockscar, also a B-29 bomber, at 11:02 AM on August 9, 1945.

Detailed explanation-3: -The atomic bomb used at Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, was “Fat Man". The bomb was dropped by a USAAF B-29 airplane named “Bockscar", piloted by U.S. Army Air Force Major Charles Sweeney. The bomb weighed 10, 000 pounds and had a diameter of 60 inches.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to the longtime lore, the bulbous-looking Fat Man bomb’s name was inspired by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. After the Thin Man bomb, whose moniker was inspired by the U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, didn’t come to fruition, the gun-type uranium atomic bomb named Little Boy was developed.