Birthday:
Feb 23, 1915
Place of Birth: Quincy, Illinois, U.S.
Place of Birth: Quincy, Illinois, U.S.
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.
Filmography
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie | Self (archive footage) | 1995 |
The Atomic Cafe | Self (archive footage) | 1982 |
Death in Focus | Pilot & aircraft commander | 1989 |
A Compassionate Spy | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2022 |
General Paul Tibbets: Reflections on Hiroshima | 1989 | Series | Cast | Year |