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unusual facts about Paul Tibbets


Kaneto Shindo

He met Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the plane which dropped the bomb, but was not able to interview him on film.


97th Operations Group

The lead aircraft of the group, Butcher Shop, was piloted by the Group Commander, Colonel Frank A. Armstrong, and squadron commander Major Paul W. Tibbets (who later flew the Enola Gay to Hiroshima Japan on the first atomic bomb mission).


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