Paul Tibbets
- Schauspiel
- 23. Februar 1915 · Quincy, Illinois, U.S.
- 1. November 2007
Biografie
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.
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Filmografie
- Ted Hall – Ein ungewöhnlicher Spion · Selbst
- Hiroshima · Selbst
- Trinity & Beyond - Die Geschichte der Atombombe · Selbst
- General Paul Tibbets: Reflections on Hiroshima
- Death in Focus · Pilot & aircraft commander
- The Atomic Cafe · Selbst