That so called ‘simple’ gun bomb that could have been ‘transported easily by a number (of) bombers’ was actually over ten feet long and weighed almost 4.5 tons. The Enola Gay had to be retrofitted in order to carry the weight and configuration of Little Boy. Little Boy alone was just about half the full carry weight of the Enola Gay- the WWII era B29 could carry a maximum of 20k lbs. Production models were not capable of carrying a single 4.5 ton bomb until around post war Korea when the fleet was upgraded to carry the T-14s. The Enola Gay was something special. This wasn’t just something any plane could have done at a moment’s notice.
Thank you, you have posted the facts. Some people like spanalot aren’t interested in facts, the truth is what they want it to be.