Little Boy was dropped by a Jetliner B-29 Superfortress.
`` Little Boy '' was the codename for the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay , piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets , Jr. , commander of the 509th Composite Group of the United States Army Air Forces .	codename	codename	atomic bomb	atomic bomb	Hiroshima	Hiroshima	World War II	World War II	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	Boeing B-29 Superfortress	Enola Gay	Enola Gay	Colonel	Colonel (United States)	509th Composite Group	509th Composite Group	United States Army Air Forces	United States Army Air Forces
