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Paul Tibbets
Actor

Paul Tibbets

23 Feb 1915Born
1 Nov 2007Died
92Age at death
2Credits

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.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 1989General Paul Tibbets: Reflections on HiroshimaFilm
  2. 1989Death in FocusFilm: Pilot & aircraft commander

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