Paul Tibbets (1915-2007) is the pilot who threw the atomic bomb on Hiroshima from a plane that was named Enola Jay after his mother .. It is noteworthy that he had visited the city after 3 weeks of removing it from existence .. He said before his death that he does not mind Throw the bomb again because it executes the commands of the commanders.
Paul Tibbets was born in 1915 and his mother's name was Enola Jay. He was best known as the American Army's best pilot. In 1945 he was promoted to the rank of colonel, equivalent to the rank of colonel in the US Air Force
On 6/8/1945, the US aircraft that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan, a bomb containing 60 kilograms (130 pounds) of uranium material Hiroshima is a city in Japan, located on the island of Honshu, and oversees the "Hiroshima Bay" It had a population of 350,000 in 1945 and the name of the secret bomb was Little Boy. The plane carrying the bomb was a B-29,
Paul Tibbets was the first to test this plane and named it his mother "Enola Jay". It was decided to carry out the Hiroshima bombing mission. Paul Tibbets flew his plane carrying the atomic bomb from the North Field base on the island of Tinyan, in the Western Pacific, accompanied by two other planes. Hours before the bombardment, Japan's early warning system detected aircraft entering Japan's airspace and alerting authorities in major cities, including Hiroshima. But Paul Tibbets was on his way to the target city to fly the bomber plane, and managed to evade the Japanese defenses to reach the city of Hiroshima and around 8 am the radar in Hiroshima to identify US aircraft, but military officials decided that the small number does not need to be dealt with counter-aircraft in light of their policy At 8:15, Paul Tibbets threw a terrible bomb from his B-29 on the center of Hiroshima. It exploded at an altitude of 600 meters (1,000 feet) and spread over a perimeter of 1.6 square kilometers and the flames that set it on fire. 11.4 square kilometer perimeter, killing 66 thousand people instantly and injured 69 thousand injuries and burns to wait for the near death.
The destruction of about 10 kilo tons caused the destruction of about 90% of the city's buildings and infrastructure, and the number of dead until December 1945 to 140 thousand
Tibbets after he achieved his mission and there is no known history in the person who has killed such a number killed by Paul Tibbets in the moments of 140 thousand people, mostly civilians, yet the approval of his superiors in Washington
President Harry Truman declared: "If they do not accept our conditions, they can expect rain from the devastation he has never seen before on Earth."
And then continued to work in the US Air Force until 31-8-1966
The US government decided to appoint a military attache at the US Embassy in India after his retirement but the Indian government and political opposition in India objected to his appointment did not travel to India
He died at the age of 92 years on 1-11-2007
