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Actor

Paul Tibbets

Acting

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Acting credits

6

Early stage

Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

0.3

Low visibility

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Movies: 6Series: 0

TMDB ID: 3442035

IMDb ID: nm0862544

Known for: Acting

Born: February 23, 1915

Died: November 1, 2007

Age: 92

Place of birth: Quincy, Illinois, U.S.

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1982 - 2022

Years active: 41

Average TMDB rating: 7.23

Wikidata: Q294555

Also known as

Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr.

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.