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
all 11
Movies 10
self 8
TV Shows 1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Compassionate Spy (2022)
Movie
Self - B17 Bomber Pilot
Heroes of the Sky: The Mighty Eighth Air Force (2020)
Movie
Self - Commander, Atomic Bomb Group
The Forgotten Bomb (2011)
Movie
Self - Pilot, Enola Gay
Hiroshima (2005)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995)
Movie
Self`
War (1983)
TV
Self (archive footage)
The Atomic Cafe (1982)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1915-02-23
Deathday2007-11-01 (92 years old)
Birth PlaceQuincy, United States
RelativesPaul W. Tibbets IV
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesColumbus · Florida · Quincy, United States
Also Known AsPaul Warfield Tibbets Jr.
AwardsDistinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Distinguished Service Cross, National Aviation Hall of Fame, Purple Heart, Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
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