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Paul Tibbets

Paul Tibbets

Birthday: 1915-02-23 | Place of Birth: Quincy, Illinois, U.S.

Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (February 23, 1915 – November 1, 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the aircraft captain who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay (named after his mother) when it dropped a Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2005
Hiroshima

as    Self - Pilot, Enola Gay

1989
Death in Focus

as    Pilot & aircraft commander

1982
The Atomic Cafe

as    Self (archive footage)