Paul Tibbets
Born: 1915-02-23 in Quincy, Illinois, U.S.
Died: 2007-11-01
Known For: Acting
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
2022
- A Compassionate Spy as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
- Hiroshima as Self - Pilot, Enola Gay
1995
- Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie as Self (archive footage)
1989
- Death in Focus as Pilot & aircraft commander
- General Paul Tibbets: Reflections on Hiroshima
1982
- The Atomic Cafe as Self (archive footage)