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    What famous airplane was piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbits, Jr.?

    Question #14019. Asked by June. (Oct 06 01 1:50 PM)


    terryproantrim

    		Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima.

    Oct 06 01, 2:18 PM
    Jack Flash

    		Tibbetts was personally selected by General Henry H Arnold to command a special combat unit for training crews to deliver atomic bombs. On 6 August 1945 Colonel Tibbetts piloted the B-29 Enola Gay over Hiroshima to deliver history's first atomic attack. Source: The Encyclopedia of World War II edited by Thomas Parrish.

    Oct 07 01, 8:01 AM

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