<P> The Enola Gay ( / ɪˈnoʊlə / ) is a Boeing B - 29 Superfortress bomber , named after Enola Gay Tibbets , the mother of the pilot , Colonel Paul Tibbets . On 6 August 1945 , during the final stages of World War II , it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb . The bomb , code - named `` Little Boy '' , was targeted at the city of Hiroshima , Japan , and caused the near - complete destruction of the city . Enola Gay participated in the second atomic attack as the weather reconnaissance aircraft for the primary target of Kokura . Clouds and drifting smoke resulted in a secondary target , Nagasaki , being bombed instead . </P>
<P> The Enola Gay ( / ɪˈnoʊlə / ) is a Boeing B - 29 Superfortress bomber , named after Enola Gay Tibbets , the mother of the pilot , Colonel Paul Tibbets . On 6 August 1945 , during the final stages of World War II , it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb . The bomb , code - named `` Little Boy '' , was targeted at the city of Hiroshima , Japan , and caused the near - complete destruction of the city . Enola Gay participated in the second atomic attack as the weather reconnaissance aircraft for the primary target of Kokura . Clouds and drifting smoke resulted in a secondary target , Nagasaki , being bombed instead . </P>
what was the name of the plane that dropped the bomb on hiroshima
what was the name of the plane that dropped the bomb on hiroshima
Enola Gay
Enola Gay