Stock Photo - Aug. 01, 1945 - Tuman, Guam - File photo: circa August 1945. PAUL WARFIELD TIBBETS, JR. (February 23, 1915 Ò November 1, 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force, best known for being the B-29 pilot of the Enola Gay at the age of 30 on August 6, 1945, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. From the Pacific island of Tinian to Japan, dropping the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. PICTURED: The ground and flight crew of the B-29 'Enola Gay' after the first Atomic Bombing mission on Hiroshima, Japan. Col. Paul W. Tibbets, the pilot is in the center under the propeler, wearing a shirt and cap. Marianas Islands.(Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)

Stock Photo: Aug. 01, 1945 - Tuman, Guam - File photo: circa August 1945. PAUL WARFIELD TIBBETS, JR. (February 23, 1915 Ò November 1, 2007) was a brigadier general in the.

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