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Paul Tibbets

Feb 23, 1915 - Nov 01, 2007 (92 years old) in 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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The Atomic Cafe
Self (archive footage)
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A Compassionate Spy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Self (archive footage)
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Death in Focus
Pilot & aircraft commander
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General Paul Tibbets: Reflections on Hiroshima

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