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5 days ago · Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress that unleashed an unprecedented wave of destruction on August 6, 1945, refused a funeral and gravestone for...
1 day ago · The 509th Composite Group was activated on 17 December 1944 at Wendover Army Air Field, Utah, under the command of Colonel Paul W. Tibbets. Its 393rd Bombardment Squadron, equipped with Silverplate B-29s, practiced long-distance flights over water and dropped pumpkin bombs. [295]
5 days ago · - Aircraft: Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets - Impact: The bomb exploded approximately 1,900 feet above the city, with an estimated yield of 15 kilotons of TNT. It destroyed about 70% of the buildings in Hiroshima and killed an estimated 70,000–80,000 people instantly.
2 days ago · Much has been written about the American use of an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. The name of the B-29 that dropped this weapon of mass destruction, the Enola Gay, and the name of the pilot who flew the aircraft, Paul Tibbets, have gone down in history.
21 hours ago · Handy’s directive to Spaatz contained nothing about using the bombs “so that military objectives and soldiers and sailors are the target and not women and children.” General Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that would drop the bomb on Hiroshima, told Robert Del Tredici 1 that “The city was the target, period ...
1 day ago · Much has been written about the American use of an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. The name of the B-29 that dropped this weapon of mass destruction, the Enola Gay, and the name of the pilot who flew the aircraft, Paul Tibbets, have gone down in history.
21 hours ago · Curtis LeMay. Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was a US Air Force general who implemented an effective but controversial strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theater of World War II. He later served as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, from 1961 to 1965. LeMay joined the United States Army Air Corps ...
