Truman, Tibbett and his crew dropped one of the most powerful bombs ever created over the city of Hiroshima, Japan and a population of approximately 350,000 people. The Enola Gay carried an atomic bomb named, “Little Boy.” By order of President Harry S. Unlike the many other B-29 bombers that had flown over Hiroshima the past days and weeks, Tibbett’s bomber, the Enola Gay, was much different than previous B-29 bombers. Sadako Sasaki was two years old on August 6th, 1945 when pilot Paul Tibbett of the United States Air Force flew his B-29 bomber airplane over the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
