Hiraima ita ce babbar manufa ta farko da aka yi amfani da bam din nukiliya a ranar 6 ga watan Agusta, tare da Kokura da Nagasaki a matsayin wasu manufofi. Squadron 393d Bombardment B-29 Enola Gay, mai suna bayan mahaifiyar Tibbets kuma Tibbets ya jagoranci, ya tashi daga North Field, Tinian, kimanin sa'o'i shida na jirgin daga Japan. Enola Gay ya kasance tare da wasu B-29 guda biyu: Babban Artiste, wanda Major Charles Sweeney ya umurta, wanda ke dauke da kayan aiki, da kuma jirgin sama wanda ba a san shi ba daga baya da ake kira Necessary Evil, wanda Kyaftin George Marquardt ya umurta, wanda ya zama jirgin sama mai daukar hoto. Tambaya: Yaushe aka jefa bam din nukiliya a Hiroshima?
Ranar 6 ga watan Agusta