![]() After a year, he was tasked with retraining other pilots in the 17th Bombardment Operational Training Wing (Very Heavy). (Photo Credit: Bettmann / Getty Images)īy the fall of 1943, Tibbets was recalled to serve as a test pilot during the development of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, during which he found that the bomber was 7,000 pounds lighter – and its performance improved – if its armor plating and armaments were removed. Paul Tibbets next to the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay that he piloted during the atomic bombing mission over Hiroshima, Japan, 1945. While he is best known for his service in the Pacific Theater, Tibbets first served on bombing missions in North Africa and France. He initially served for three years, qualifying as a pilot in 1938, and opted to stay on active duty when the US entered the Second World War. ![]() Signed lithograph ‘Atomic Warfare is Born’ by, 18 x 24 inches. (1915 2007) American Bomber Pilot who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay when it dropped Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Paul Tibbets started his career as an abdominal surgeon before enlisting in the US Army Air Corps. PAUL TIBBETS ENOLA GAY SIGNED LITHOGRAPH. Paul Tibbets enlists with the US Army Air Corps
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