After arriving at the U.S. base on the Pacific island of Tinian, the more than 9,000-<span>pound uranium-235 bomb was loaded aboard a modified </span>B<span>-29 bomber christened </span>Enola Gay<span> (after the mother of its pilot, Colonel </span>Paul Tibbets<span>). The </span>plane<span> dropped the bomb–known as “</span>Little Boy<span>”–by parachute at 8:15 in the morning.</span>
