Army Air Force Colonel Tibbets, 30, was the commander and pilot of the Enola Gay on Aug. 6, 1945, when the crew of the B-29 Superfortress dropped an atomic bomb dubbed "Little Boy" on the city of ...

Army Air Force Colonel Tibbets, 30, was the commander and pilot of the Enola Gay on Aug. 6, 1945, when the crew of the B-29 Superfortress dropped an atomic bomb dubbed "Little Boy" on the city of ...

The plane was named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the plane's pilot, Col. Paul Tibbets. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of ...

The granddaughter of a World War II pilot expressed her shock that photos of the "Enola Gay" -- the plane used to drop an atomic bomb on Japan -- were either flagged or removed in the Trump ...

Enola Gay Aircraft—And Other Historic Items—Inaccurately Targeted Under Pentagon’s Anti-DEI Purge. ... which bears the name of Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of military pilot Paul Tibbets.

Robert Lewis, co-pilot and aircraft commander of the Enola Gay — the B-29 bomber that unleashed the first atomic bomb, Little Boy, on the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.

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

The plane was named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the plane's pilot, Col. Paul Tibbets. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of ...