Paul W. Tibbets Jr.

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aviator human military officer

Paul W. Tibbets Jr. was a United States Air Force brigadier general best known as the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb used in warfare on Hiroshima during World War II.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Paul W. Tibbets Jr. canonical 23
Colonel Paul W. Tibbets Jr. 2
Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aviator ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
aircraftFlown B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
surface form: Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Enola Gay ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
awardReceived Air Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
Purple Heart ⓘ
Silver Star ⓘ
birthDate 1915-02-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Quincy, Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Quincy, Illinois, United States
child Paul W. Tibbets III ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2007-11-01 ⓘ
deathPlace Columbus, Ohio ⓘ
surface form: Columbus, Ohio, United States
education University of Cincinnati ⓘ
University of Florida ⓘ
familyName Tibbets ⓘ
fullName Paul W. Tibbets Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr.
genreOfActivity strategic bombing ⓘ
givenName Paul ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
namedAfter his father, Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr. ⓘ
notableAircraftCommanded Enola Gay ⓘ
notableEvent Pilot of the Enola Gay during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ
notableFor commanding and piloting the first atomic bombing mission in history ⓘ
notableWork atomic bombing of Hiroshima ⓘ
surface form: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
occupation military officer ⓘ
pilot ⓘ
parent Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr. ⓘ
surface form: Enola Gay Tibbets

Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr. ⓘ
placeOfBurial no burial; cremated and ashes scattered over the English Channel ⓘ
positionHeld commander of the 509th Composite Group ⓘ
reasonForNoGrave to avoid his grave becoming a site of protest or vandalism ⓘ
religion Episcopalian ⓘ
serviceNumber O-727658 ⓘ
spouse Andrea Quattrehomme ⓘ
Lucy Frances Wingate ⓘ
unit 509th Composite Group ⓘ
97th Bombardment Group ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

atomic bombing of Hiroshima → commander → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
Enola Gay → namedBy → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
Enola Gay → commandedBy → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
Enola Gay → pilotOnHiroshimaMission → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
Paul W. Tibbets Jr. → fullName → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr.
Little Boy → crewCommanderOfDeliveryAircraft → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
509th Composite Group → commander → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonel Paul W. Tibbets Jr.
509th Composite Group → notableCommander → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonel Paul W. Tibbets Jr.
44-86292 → namedBy → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
44-86292 → commandingPilot → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
44-86292 → crewPositionOnMission → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: pilot Paul W. Tibbets Jr.
his father, Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr. → child → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr.
his father, Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr. → fatherOf → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr.
his father, Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr. → relative → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr.
Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr. → child → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr. → fatherOf → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
Paul Warfield Tibbets Sr. → notableRelative → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
Tibbets → hasNotableBearer → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
Paul W. Tibbets III → hasRelative → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
Andrea Quattrehomme → spouse → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
Lucy Frances Wingate → spouse → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
Operation Centerboard I → operationCommander → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
Operation Centerboard I → missionPilot → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
393d Bombardment Squadron → notableCommander → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
The Atomic Bomb Group → commandedBy → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
The Atomic Bomb Group → notableCommander → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ
Operation Silverplate → commandedBy → Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ⓘ