On June 26, 1940, young pilot Lt. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., was summoned to aid Col. Samuel R. Hopkins, whose wife and son were in a terrible automobile accident near Elmira. Mrs. Anne Hopkins, and her 17 ...

On August 6, 1945, a seismic event occurred that would forever change the course of history and warfare. At the controls of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Enola Gay, was Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr.

Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., former chairman of Executive Jet Aviation who was better known as the U.S. Army colonel who piloted the aircraft that dropped the world's first atomic bomb, passed away at his ...

Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the B-29 bomber Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, died Thursday at his home in Columbus, Ohio after suffering a number of health problems. He was 92.

Colonel (later General) Paul Tibbets was the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the “Little Boy” atomic bomb over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. In this documentary Tibbets co-produced with ...

It's been 80 years since then-Col. Paul W. Tibbets Jr. flew an airplane called the Enola Gay over Hiroshima, Japan, dropping an atomic bomb known as "Little Boy" and ushering in the age of nuclear ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Paul W. Tibbets, who etched his mother's name, Enola Gay, into history on the nose of the B-29 bomber he flew to drop the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, died Thursday. He was 92.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Paul Tibbets, who etched his mother's name — Enola Gay — into history on the nose of the B-29 bomber he flew to drop the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan, died Thursday after six ...

Through the years, many influential people have hailed from the Gem City, but maybe the Quincyan that had the greatest impact on world events was Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. He commanded the crew of the ...