USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On August 6, 1945, the crew of a modified Boeing B-29 Superfortress named Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare, called “Little Boy, ” on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Enola Gay, the B-29bomber that was used by the United States on August 6, 1945, to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, the first time the explosive device had been used on an enemy target. The aircraft was named after the mother of pilot Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr.

Detailed explanation-3: -The “BOCKSCAR” dropped the bomb FAT MAN on Nagasaki. The “Enola Gay” dropped the bomb Little Boy on Hiroshima.

Detailed explanation-4: -The refurbished Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the first atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945, on Hiroshima, Japan, sits on display in the Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

Detailed explanation-5: -On August 9, 1945, the Bockscar dropped an atomic bomb (the “Fat Man") on Nagasaki, instantly killing tens of thousands of people. This marked only the second time in history that the atomic bomb had been used.