Paul Tibbets

Actor

Born: February 23, 1915 (92 years old)

Died: November 1, 2007

Place of birth: Quincy, Illinois, U.S.

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.

Filmography (4)

• Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995, ★ 7.2)
• The Atomic Cafe (1982, ★ 7.3)
• A Compassionate Spy (2022, ★ 6.2)
• Hiroshima (2005, ★ 7.1)