Paul Tibbets

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.

Born:

Feb 23, 1915 In Quincy, Illinois, U.S.

Movie/TV Credits:

4

First Appeared:

In the movie The Atomic Cafe 1982-03-17

Latest Project:

Movie A Compassionate Spy 2022-08-31