The Enola Gay dropped the bomb “Little Boy” on Hiroshima. The BOCKSCAR dropped the bomb “FAT MAN” on Nagasaki. What were the names of the planes that dropped the atomic bombs? The name of the bomber itself was chosen by its pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, who named it after his mother, Enola Gay Tibbets (1893–1983), who had been named after the heroine of the novel Enola or, Her fatal mistake. Charter Pilot and President of Executive Jet Aviation
