Colonel Tibbets

Colonel Paul Tibbets was an American pilot and officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, best known for piloting the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb 'Little Boy' on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945. His actions played a significant role in the conclusion of the war in the Pacific and have since generated extensive debate regarding the moral implications and necessity of using nuclear weapons.