What were the names of the atomic bombs?

Little Boy. "Little Boy" was the codename for the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., commander of the 509th Composite Group of the United States Army Air Forces. read more

Names of Atom (or atomic) bombs "Little Boy" uranium 235 atom bomb dropped by "Enola Gay" piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets, on Hiroshima "Fat Man" plutonium 239 atom bomb also dropped by Bockscar piloted by Charles W. Sweeney instead of the Bockscar's normal pilot Frederick Bock over Nagasaki. read more

What were the names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan - trivia question /questions answer / answers read more

Orders for atomic bombs to be used on four Japanese cities were issued on July 25. On August 6, one of its B-29s dropped a Little Boy uranium gun-type bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, on August 9, a Fat Man plutonium implosion-type bomb was dropped by another B-29 on Nagasaki. read more