Paul Tibbets

Paul Tibbets

Deceased · Born: Feb 23, 1915 · Died: Nov 1, 2007

Personal Details

Born Feb 23, 1915 Quincy, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse
  • Andrea P. Quattrehomme

    ( May 4, 1956 to Nov 1, 2007 )
  • Lucy Frances Wingate

    ( Jun 19, 1938 to Dec 31, 1969 )

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.