Paul Tibbets

Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr (23 February 1915 – 1 November 2007) was a Brigadier general for the United States Air Force from 1937 to 1966. Paul is famous for dropping the first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima in the B-29 Superfortress called Enola Gay. He was born in Quincy, Illinois.

Tibbets died of heart failure after suffering a small stroke in Columbus, Ohio, aged 92. His remains were cremated where his ashes were later scattered across the English Channel...

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509th Composite Group
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
BBC News item announcing Tibbets' death
In pictures: Paul Tibbets
Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, November 2, 2007
Obituary, The Guardian, November 2, 2007
Obituary, The Times, November 2, 2007 
"Hiroshima; Enola Gay's Crew Recalls The Flight Into a New Era", New York Times, August 6, 1995

Category:1915 births
Category:2007 deaths
Category:Deaths from heart failure
Category:Deaths from stroke
Category:American aviators
Category:American people of World War II
Category:Military people from Illinois