name of the plane (B-29) that dropped the first atomic bomb?

Question

and how it got named that

Answer 1

The Enola Gay

Answer 2

Bockscar, (suggesting boxcar, and occasionally Bock's Car or Bocks Car) is the name of the U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 bomber (Serial Number 44-27297, victor number 77) which dropped the second nuclear weapon ever used in warfare, on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945.

The first atomic bomb was dropped by the Enola gay. Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., of Florida, commander of the composite group, elected to fly the atomic mission himself. Thus, he selected a plane from his group and renamed the plane after his mother, Enola Gay Tibbets (1893–1983,

Answer 3

Enola Gay. Do you know the name of the plane that dropped the second atom bomb? The one that bombed Nagasaki? It was "Boxcars".

Answer 4

Enola Gay. Like many warcraft of the day, they were named by the pilots, after their wives or girlfriends. In this case, I believe it was the Mrs. Around three o'clock this morning,I'll wake up out of a sound sleep with the pilot's name. Wait! wait! Frank Tibbets, I think.

Answer 5

The Enola Gay. Excuse me? (LOL)! Actually, the plane was given its name by the aircraft commander, Paul Tibetts, in memory of his mother.

Answer 6

The Enola Gay, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of the squadron commander (Col. Paul Tibbets)

Answer 7

Enola Gay. I don't know why or how it got that name, but I'm sure there is a website out there if you Google Enola Gay.

Answer 8

Enola Gay, and the pilots name was Tibbits.

Answer 9

'Enola Gay' for the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. 'Bockscar' for the bomb on Nagasaki.

Answer 10

Enola Gay, I believe