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Paul Tibbets Photos

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Colonel Paul W. Tibbets stands next to the Boeing B-29 "Enola Gay" that he piloted on its historic atomic bombing mission over Hiroshima, Japan.

Colonel P.W. Tibbets Standing in Front of Enola Gay

Enola Gay, Tinian

Paul Tibbets , brigadier general in the United States Air Force, and bombardier Tom Ferebee , in the cockpit of the Enola Gay, the Boeing B-29...

Hiroshima Revisted

Paul Tibbets , brigadier general in the United States Air Force, and bombardier Tom Ferebee , in the cockpit of the Enola Gay, the Boeing B-29...

Hiroshima Revisted

Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima City, Cockpit

Paul Tibbets , brigadier general in the United States Air Force, and bombardier Tom Ferebee in front of B-29 Enola Gay bomber, 1981.

Hiroshima Revisted

Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbits, Jr., of Miami, Fla. Pilot of the B-29 Superfort which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, tells of his experience...

Reports on Atomic Bomb Strike

At a mission briefing, then Captain William Parsons and then Colonel Paul Tibbets go over last-minute data with prior to the atomic bombing of...

Briefing Prior To Enola Gay

Bombing, Hiroshima Prefecture, Tinian

Under the fuselage of the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay, American pilot Colonel Paul Tibbets delivers last-minute instructions to his crew prior to...

Enola Gay Crew Prepare For Flight

Portrait of four of the twelve members of the crew of the B-29 bomber Enola Gay, 1945. Pictured are, from left, Major Thomas Ferebee , Colonel Paul...

From left, standing, the crew of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber Enola Gay, Lt Col John Porter, ground maintenance officer, Major Theodore J...

World War Two Pacific 1945

1945, Hiroshima Prefecture, Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima

Col. Paul Tibbets, pilot of the B-29 plane that dropped the first atomic bomb over Japan.

Col. Paul Tibbets

World War II: Paul Tibbets standing in front of the B-29 Enola Gay, the plane he piloted to Hiroshima and dropped the world's first atomic bomb on 5...

World War II: Paul Tibbets standing in front of the B-29 Enola Gay, the plane he piloted to Hiroshima and dropped the world's first atomic bomb on 5 August 1945. Warfare Aerial Nuclear.

Enola Gay, Hiroshima Prefecture

Paul Tibbets, 19450807 Col Paul Tibbetts, Pilot Of The B-29 "Enola Gay" Which Dropped The First Atomic Bom On August 7Th, 1945

Colonel Paul Tibbets B-29 "Enola Gay" Pilot On August 7Th, 1945

Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., pilot of the Enola Gay, waves from the cockpit before taking off on his mission to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima....

Tibbets Waving From the Enola Gay

Enola Gay, Nuclear Weapon

Men who flew the mighty atoms of destruction. Washington, D.C.: Shown here are the men who flew in the planes which carried the dread atom bombs in...

Flight Crew That Dropped Atom Bomb on Hiroshima

Roswell Field, New Mexico: Col. Paul W. Tibbets of Orlando, Fla., is shown in his office at Roswell Field where preliminary preparations are being...

Col. Paul Tibbets Shown In His Office

Colonel Paul Tibbets, pilot and colonel of the Enola Gay mission to bomb Hiroshima, holds a lit cigar while in uniform.

Enola Gay Pilot Paul Tibbots

General Paul W. Tibbets, pilot and commander of the Enola Gay that dropped the A-Bomb on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945.

General Paul W. Tibbets

Colonel Paul Tibbets waves goodbye just before taking off to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

Paul Tibbets in the Enola Gay

Atomic Bomb, Tinian

Colonel Paul Tibbets, who commanded the plane which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, standing by the Enola Gay after the mission, wearing the...

Colonel Paul Tibbets

Colonel Paul Tibbets, who commanded the plane which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, standing by the Enola Gay.

Colonel Paul Tibbets

Hiroshima Prefecture, Atomic Bomb

War and Conflict, World War Two, pic: 1945, The crew of the B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay" that launched the Atom bomb attack on Hiroshima, Japan,...

War and Conflict. World War Two. pic: 1945. The crew of the B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay" that launched the Atom bomb attack on Hiroshima, Japan. Front row, left-right, 1st Lieut. Jacob Beser, 2nd Lieut. Morris R.Jeppson, Capt. Theodore J.Van Firk, Major

Enola Gay, Cabin Crew, Crew

Brigadier General Roger Ramey, seated, talks with his atomic bomb testing staff memebers, left to right: Colonel Alfred F. Kalberer, Colonel William...

Army Atomic Testing Staff

Roswell - New Mexico, Colonel

Four of the men closely involved with the delivery of the atomic bomb to Hiroshima sit for a portrait. From left to right, Rear Admiral William R....

Men Involved in the Atomic Bomb

Four of the men closely involved with the delivery of the atomic bomb to Hiroshima sit for a portrait. From left to right, Rear Admiral William R....

Men Involved in the Atomic Bomb

Portrait, Tinian

Quatre militaires américains en plein briefing autour d'un verre avant le départ d'un avion devant larguer une bombe atomique.

Quatre militaires américains boivent un verre

General Spaatz, Commander of the Strategic Armed Forces, pins the Distinguished Service Cross on Colonel Paul Tibbets' shirt.

General Spaatz Pinning Medal on Paul Tibbets

Air Force, Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima

Hiroshima Atomic bomb crew receive last minute instructions from Colonel Tibbets, center, before taking off. Bombardier Thomas Ferebee is in profile...

Enola Gay Crew Receiving Last Minute Instructions

General Paul W. Tibbets, pilot and commander of the Enola Gay that dropped the A-Bomb on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Fifty Years On

General Paul W. Tibbets, pilot and commander of the Enola Gay that dropped the A-Bomb on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Fifty Years On

Crew of Enola Gay before the take-off. Colonel Tibbets, , standing, Captain Theodore Van Kirk, navigator, , standing, and Major Thomas Ferebee,...

Crew of Enola Gay

The Hiroshima atomic bomb crew at briefing just before the flight. Colonel Tibbets stands on the right.

Mission Briefing for Hiroshima Bombing

General Paul W. Tibbets, pilot and commander of the Enola Gay that dropped the A-Bomb on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Fifty Years On

Nuclear Weapon, Enola Gay

Paris, France, 24 février 1981 --- Paul TIBBETS, le pilote de l'avion Enola Gay qui a lâché la première bombe atomique de l'histoire sur la ville...

Paul Tibbets De Passage A Paris

Hiroshima Prefecture, History

Paris, France, 24 février 1981 --- Paul TIBBETS, le pilote de l'avion Enola Gay qui a lâché la première bombe atomique de l'histoire sur la ville...

Paul Tibbets De Passage A Paris

Col Paul W Tibbets Jr wears a smile and for good reason, Roswell, New Mexico, 1946. On a practice bombing mission his bombadier, Major Tom Ferebee...

Tibbets & 'Enola Gay'

Roswell - New Mexico

This triumverate dropped the first atom bomb on Japan, 1946. From left, Major Theodore J Van Kirk, navigator on that famed Hiroshima mission; Colonel...

Three That Dropped The First Atom Bomb

The crew of the 'Enola Gay,' Northern Mariana Islands, 1945. From left, standing: Lt Col John Porter, ground maintenance officer on B-29 'Enola Gay'...

Tibbet's 'Enola Gay' Crew

Col Paul W Tibbets Jr, studies charts of the Bikini Atoll, where the Joint Army-Navy atomic bomb tests will be held this summer, Roswell, New Mexico,...

Tibbets At Atom Bomb Test

Roswell - New Mexico

General Carl A Spaatz saluting Col Paul W Tibbets after presenting him with the Distinguished Service Cross, Northern Mariana Islands, 1945. Col...

General Spaatz Saluting Col Tibbets

Col Hazen J Payette , group intelligence officer, briefing Major Thomas W Ferebee, Col Paul W Tibbets and Capt Theodore J VanKirk before the...

Mariana Islands: They Dropped The Atomic Bomb On Hiroshima. These are the crewmen of the B-29 superfortress Enola Gay from which the first atomic...

Enola Gay's Atomic Bomb Dropping Crew Posing Together

Lieutenant Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, piloted the B-29 "Enola Gay" carrying the first atom bomb to Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.

Lt. Col. Paul Tibbets, World War II Pilot

Hiroshima Prefecture, Enola Gay, World War II

The Enola Gay, Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named for Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets. On 6 August 1945, during...

The Enola Gay aircraft dropped an atomic bomb.

Hiroshima Prefecture, World War II, Atomic Bomb

Colonel Paul Tibbets waving from the Enola Gay's cockpit. The Boeing B-29 on 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, became the first...

Colonel Paul Tibbets waving from the Enola Gay's cockpit.

Enola Gay, Atomic Bomb, Nuclear Weapon

Colonel Paul Tibbets waving from the Enola Gay's cockpit before taking off for the bombing of Hiroshima, 6 August 1945.

Japan/USA: Colonel Paul Tibbets waving from the Enola Gay's cockpit before taking off for the bombing of Hiroshima, 6 August 1945

Boys, Hiroshima Prefecture, 1945

Colonel Paul Tibbets standing by the Enola Gay's cockpit before taking off for the bombing of Hiroshima, 6 August 1945.

Japan/USA: Colonel Paul Tibbets standing by the Enola Gay's cockpit before taking off for the bombing of Hiroshima, 6 August 1945

Enola Gay, Hiroshima Prefecture, 1945

World War II. Pacific front. Colonel Paul Tibbets aboard the B29 "Enola Gay" which released the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. August 6, 1945.

World War II. Pacific front.

Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., pilot of the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, waves August 6,1945 from his cockpit before...

An Atomic Bomb was dropped in Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima Prefecture, Enola Gay, History

Air Force Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., pilot of the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, waves August 6,1945 from his...

Atomic Bomb Dropped in Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima Prefecture, Enola Gay, Nuclear Weapon

Paul Tibbets standing in front of the B-29 Enola Gay, the plane he piloted to Hiroshima and dropped the world's first atomic bomb on 5 August 1945.

World War II: Paul Tibbets

Colonel Paul Tibbets, pilot of the B-29 Enola Gay. Charged with dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, 6th August 1945.

Colonel Paul Tibbets, pilot of the B-29 Enola Gay

Paul Tibbets standing in front of the B-29 Enola Gay, the plane he piloted to Hiroshima and dropped the world's first atomic bomb on 5 August 1945.

World War II: Paul Tibbets.

Atomic Bomb, Enola Gay, USA

Colonel Paul Tibbets piloted this Boeing B-29, the Enola Gay, during the august 6, 1945 mission that dropped the "Little Boy" atomic bomb on...

Boeing B-29 Enola Gay on Tarmac

Enola Gay, Atomic Bomb

Formation of keloidal scars on the back and shoulder of a victim of the Hiroshima blast. September, 1945. The scars have formed where the victim's...

Atomic Bomb Hiroshima

The Hiroshima Fire Department lost its only ladder truck when its West Side main fire station was destroyed by the blast and fire of the atomic bomb...

Atomic Bomb Hiroshima

Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, Exploding

The ruins of central Hiroshima, September 1945. On 6th August that year, the atomic bomb 'Little Boy', was dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29...

Atomic Bomb Hiroshima

Hiroshima Prefecture, 1945, World War II

Blast victims shown in a fly-infested makeshift hospital in a bank building in Hiroshima. 15th September, 1945. The atomic bomb Little Boy, was...

Atomic Bomb Hiroshima

Hiroshima Prefecture, Victim

View of the densely packed houses of Hiroshima weeks after the bombing, at the edge of the severely damaged area. August 1945. The atomic bomb...

Atomic Bomb Hiroshima

City Hall 3,800 feet from air zero, the site of the blast in Hiroshima after the dropping of the atomic bomb on August 6, 1945. August 1945. The...

Atomic Bomb Hiroshima

Hiroshima Prefecture, Bomb, Bombing

Color photograph showing damage in Hiroshima some eight months after the atomic bombing of August 6, 1945. A few buildings are still standing and...

Atomic Bomb Hiroshima

Hiroshima Prefecture, Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima, Japan