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Paul Tibbets

Paul Tibbets

Actor · Born 1915-02-23 · Quincy, Illinois, U.S.

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Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Atomic Cafe (1982) — Self (archive footage)
  2. Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995) — Self (archive footage)
  3. Hiroshima (2005) — Self - Pilot, Enola Gay
  4. A Compassionate Spy (2022) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  5. Death in Focus (1989) — Pilot & aircraft commander
  6. General Paul Tibbets: Reflections on Hiroshima (1989)