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Paul Tibbets

United States Air Force pilot (1915–2007)

  • Fame57.5
  • Momentum0.5
  • Wikipedia35.4K
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Lived 1915–2007, aged 92United States
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    35 languages
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  • Era
    1915–2007
    Aged 92
  • Known for
    Trinity and Beyond: Th…
    1995
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Updated 2026-06-19

Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. 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 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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Momentum0.5
Historical25.1
Source confidence65.0
Completeness55.0
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