Person
Paul Tibbets
Acting · 1915–2007 · 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.
Known for
A Compassionate Spy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Atomic Cafe
Self (archive footage)
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Self (archive footage)
Death in Focus
Pilot & aircraft commander
Hiroshima
Self - Pilot, Enola Gay
General Paul Tibbets: Reflections on Hiroshima
1989
Filmography
- 2022A Compassionate SpySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005HiroshimaSelf - Pilot, Enola Gay
- 1995Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb MovieSelf (archive footage)
- 1989General Paul Tibbets: Reflections on Hiroshima
- 1989Death in FocusPilot & aircraft commander
- 1982The Atomic CafeSelf (archive footage)
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