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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.


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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
Known For
Poster of A Compassionate Spy
Poster of Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Poster of Death in Focus
Poster of The Atomic Cafe
Filmography
Movie A Compassionate Spy Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2022-08-31
Movie Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie Self (archive footage) 1995-09-29
Movie Death in Focus Pilot & aircraft commander 1989-01-02
Movie The Atomic Cafe archival footage 1982-03-17