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

Paul Warfield, Jr. Tibbets (Quincy, 23 febbraio 1915 – Columbus, 1º novembre 2007) è stato un generale e aviatore statunitense,tristemente famoso per essere stato il pilota dell’Enola Gay, l’aereo che sganciò la bomba atomica su Hiroshima nel 1945

Please see our list of 2017 appearances – click here This may be the last opportunity to meet these Veterans In person. The 509th Composite Group was created to plan and execute the deployment of the first atomic bomb. Gen. Paul Tibbets headed up that group and flew a B-29 named The Enola Gay in August 1945 and completed the …

On July 3, 1987, 42 years after dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets recalls his mindset during the fateful mission on August 6, 1945.

The Enola Gay ( / ɪ ˈ n oʊ l ə ˈ ɡ eɪ /) is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named for Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, who selected the aircraft while it was still on the assembly line.

Enola Gay è il bombardiere B-29 Superfortress che il 6 agosto 1945, poco prima del termine della seconda guerra mondiale, sganciò sulla città giapponese di Hiroshima la prima bomba atomica della storia a essere stata …

History of the mission. Pictures of the B-29, pilot Tibbets and other crew that bombed Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

The Enola Gay rendezvoused with the observation planes over Iwo Jima at 0605.Little man was armed at 0730. At 0741 Tibbets began the …

Early Life. Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. was born on February 23, 1915, in Quincy, Illinois, the son of Enola Gay (Haggard) and Paul Warfield Tibbets.

L’avion Enola Gay est personnellement choisi par le colonel Paul Tibbets, le commandant du 509th Composite Group, le 9 mai 1945, alors qu’il …