Paul Tibbets
Quincy, Illinois, U.S.
Born: 1915-02-23Died: 2007-11-01
Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr.
Biography:
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.
Credits
| Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie | Self (archive footage) | 1995-09-29 |
| The Atomic Cafe | Self (archive footage) | 1982-03-17 |
| Death in Focus | Pilot & aircraft commander | 1989-01-02 |
| A Compassionate Spy | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2022-08-31 |
| General Paul Tibbets: Reflections on Hiroshima | 1989-09-12 |
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