Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 23, 1915
Died
Nov 01, 2007
Place of Birth
Quincy, Illinois, U.S.
Credits
6 titles
Paul Tibbets
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.
Known For
Filmography
A Compassionate Spy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hiroshima
Self - Pilot, Enola Gay
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Self (archive footage)
General Paul Tibbets: Reflections on Hiroshima
Death in Focus
Pilot & aircraft commander
The Atomic Cafe
Self (archive footage)