Paul Tibbets
Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. 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 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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- Quincy
- Educated at
- University of CincinnatiUniversity of FloridaWestern Military Academy
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- 🏆 Purple Heart🏆 National Aviation Hall of Fame🏆 Distinguished Service Cross🏆 Air Medal🏆 Distinguished Flying Cross
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1915
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Birth2007
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