2006-10-23 14:04:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb
The July 24, 1995 issue of Newsweek writes:
"A bright light filled the plane," wrote Lt. Col. Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb. "We turned back to look at Hiroshima. The city was hidden by that awful cloud...boiling up, mushrooming." For a moment, no one spoke. Then everyone was talking. "Look at that! Look at that! Look at that!" exclaimed the co-pilot, Robert Lewis, pounding on Tibbets's shoulder. Lewis said he could taste atomic fission; it tasted like lead. Then he turned away to write in his journal. "My God," he asked himself, "what have we done?" (special report, "Hiroshima: August 6, 1945")
2006-10-23 14:07:21 · answer #1 · answered by Zholla 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Paul Tibbits was the pilot of the Enola Gay. The first use of atomic/nuclear weapons against humans
2006-10-23 14:08:36 · answer #2 · answered by elunomuerto 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6th August 1945 at 08.15 Hiroshima time. Took nearly a minute from launch to reaching the ground. Pilot colonel Tibbets (Paul I think) in a B29
2016-05-22 02:57:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul Tibbets. The B-29 he flew was named Enola Gay after his mother.
2006-10-24 18:42:34 · answer #4 · answered by Kevin F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enola Gay
2006-10-23 14:15:58 · answer #5 · answered by maddy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋