Author Topic: Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay passes <S> (Read 425 times)

JB73 · « **on:** November 01, 2007, 10:48:16 AM »

RIP sir,

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071101/ap_on_re_us/obit_tibbets

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Paul Tibbets, who piloted the B-29 bomber Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, died Thursday. He was 92 and insisted almost to his dying day that he had no regrets about the mission and slept just fine at night.

Tibbets died at his Columbus home, said Gerry Newhouse, a longtime friend. He suffered from a variety of health problems and had been in decline for two months....
there's more to the story I just didn't quote it all here.

soda72 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 01, 2007, 10:48:43 AM »

AWMac · « **Reply #2 on:** November 01, 2007, 10:51:27 AM »

Hornet33 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 01, 2007, 10:53:47 AM »

I was just getting ready to post this story after reading about it.

~~General Tibbets~~

Odee · « **Reply #4 on:** November 01, 2007, 10:59:45 AM »

Sir!

JB, thanks for sharing this. It seems the "Old Crowd" keeps getting thinner with each passing month.

Our prayers to the Tibbets

The Dillons

Phaser11 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 01, 2007, 11:01:20 AM »

Yeager · « **Reply #6 on:** November 01, 2007, 11:05:30 AM »

The guy did his job. One hell of a job it was too.

~~Tibbets~~

Casca · « **Reply #7 on:** November 01, 2007, 11:19:58 AM »

Very sad news. The group that Paul Tibbets originally organized, the 509th Composite Group, is now the 509th Bomb Wing operating B2 bombers out of Whiteman AFB. In keeping with the family tradition of service, his grandson, Lt. Col. Paul Tibbets is currently a squadron commander in the wing.

BiGBMAW · « **Reply #8 on:** November 01, 2007, 11:21:30 AM »

hope they drop a big one on some bad folks for their pops!!

BBBB · « **Reply #9 on:** November 01, 2007, 03:12:10 PM »

~~Thanks for posting, I was just looking to see if anyone had posted about this.~~

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 01, 2007, 03:49:19 PM »

~~I had the pleasure of meeting him about 10 years ago in Columbus. He seemed like a good guy.~~

Estel · « **Reply #11 on:** November 01, 2007, 04:27:46 PM »

~~He was the most effective bomber pilot in the times.~~

Maverick · « **Reply #12 on:** November 01, 2007, 04:52:36 PM »

Gen Tibbets, sir!

Fair skies and tail winds forever. There are many alive now that owe their lives to his mission and that of the second mission.

P0G0 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 01, 2007, 05:50:12 PM »

FrodeMk3 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 01, 2007, 06:31:12 PM »