Little Boy
Transcript: Weight: 9,700 lbs Length: 10 ft.; Diameter: 28 in. Fuel: Highly enriched uranium; "Oralloy" Uranium Fuel: approx. 140 lbs; target - 85 lbs and projectile - 55 lbs Target case, barrel, uranium projectile, and other main parts ferried to Tinian Island via USS Indianapolis Uranium target component ferried to Tinian via C-54 aircraft of the 509th Composite Group Efficiency of weapon: poor Approx. 1.38% of the uranium fuel actually fissioned Explosive force: 15,000 tons of TNT equivalent Use: Dropped on Japanese city of Hiroshima; August 6, 1945 Delivery: B-29 Enola Gay piloted by Col. Paul Tibbets The little Boy Fat Man The Little Boy was smaller than the Fat Man but caused many more deaths. After dropping the Fat Man on Nagasaki, Japan surrendered because they thought the US had another bomb to drop. Click to add text This bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9th, 1945. It weighed 10,800 pounds, was 10ft 8in long, with a diameter of 60in. It had the same blast force as 21,000 tons of TNT This was also dropped by the Enola Gay. Impact on the War Weight: 10,800 lbs Length: 10 ft 8 in.; Diameter: 60 in. Fuel: Highly enriched plutonium 239 Plutonium Fuel: approx. 13.6 lbs; approx. size of a softball Plutonium core surrounded by 5,300 lbs of high explosives; plutonium core reduced to size of tennis ball Bomb Initiator: Beryllium - Polonium All components of Fat Man ferried to Tinian Island aboard B-29's of the 509th CG Efficiency of weapon: 10 times that of Little Boy Approx 1.176 grams of plutonium converted to energy Explosive force: 21,000 tons of TNT equivalent Use: Dropped on Japanese city of Nagasaki; August 9, 1945 Nuclear Weaponeer: Cdr. Frederick Ashworth Delivery: B-29 Bockscar piloted by Maj. Charles Sweeney the fat man By Michael Miller and Matthew James who: the little boy and the fat man were atomic bombs the were dropped in 2 cities in japan, hiroshima and Nagasaki, that inturn caused japan to srrender to the U.S. and drop out of the war. Enola Gay The Little Boy, Fat Man, and Enola Gay The Little Boy was dropped first on August 6, 1945 on Hiroshima, Japan. It was dropped by the Enola Gay. It weighed 9,700 pounds and was 10 feet long with a diameter of 28 inches. The blast force was equal to 15,000 tons of TNT. Piloted by Paul Tibbets B-29-40-MO SuperFortress Plane's radio code is Victor 12 During July 1945 the plane made practice runs dropping pumpkin bombs on industrial targets where: Little Boy