Please answer the following question: Facts: - caption: van right -rrb- kirk , tibbets , and thomas ferebee -lrb- - battles: world war ii vietnam war - death date: 16 march 2000 - allegiance: united states of america - rank: colonel - awards: silver star air medal - birth date: 09 november 1918 - serviceyears: 1942 -- 1970 - name: col. thomas wilson ferebee - branch: united states - unit: 509th composite group - image: van kirk tibbets , and ferebee.jpg - death place: windermere , florida - birth place: mocksville , north carolina Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of thomas ferebee .
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thomas w. ferebee -lrb- november 9 , 1918 -- march 16 , 2000 -rrb- was the bombardier aboard the b-29 superfortress , enola gay , who dropped the atomic bomb , '' little boy '' , on hiroshima in 1945 .